Black Music Month 's origins trace back to 1979. In that year, a decade after the Civil Rights era, President Jimmy Carter designated June a time to celebrate the cultural and historical ...

NPR’s Tiny Desk series has cemented its place within the music landscape as a pop culture stalwart. The small, 7x11 cubicle space has seen everyone from Anderson .Paak, Tyler The Creator, Trina ...

The biggest stories of the day delivered to your inbox.

Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens brings Biscuits & Banjos, a music festival that features Black musicians on guitars, ...

Since then, his work has been at the intersection of music, technology, and engagement. He turned a modest Tiny Desk celebration of Black History Month in 2021 into a cross-cultural event ...

The Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra recently honored Black History Month in several distinctive and engaging musical ways. Two such were directed toward Black composers Michael Abels and Xavier ...