In New York City, where apartments are crowded side-by-side and top-to-bottom like so many Jenga blocks, histories often ...

In 1968, a teen got Thelonious Monk to play a concert at his high school. 50 years later, the recording set off a battle with ...

The Los Angeles Jazz Scene of the 1950’s from Robert Gordon’s “Jazz West Coast” article by Steven Cerra, published on July 20 ...

Which celebrities are New Orleans Saints fans? These big names in the arts, sports, and media wear black and gold on Sundays.

Before planners and property developers turned Manhattan into a sterile playground for the wealthy, it was the site of ...

My father taught me about jazz, poetry, and philosophy, but he couldn’t show me how to be Black and a Red Sox fan.

As black musicians in a predominantly white scene, as Rastafarians in Reagan’s America, they were outsiders. The band drew on ...

In the spirit of always #RootingForEverybodyBlack, we sat down with icons and phenoms like Jadakiss, DJ Drama, and Kevin Ross ...

Earlier this month, and for the first time since 2023, Rock Music Menu headed north of the border to Canada for the Montreal ...

Birth of a Nation” (2025) by Stan Douglas. The Canadian artist remakes a sequence from the 1915 movie with new ...

Born in Harlem and raised in Brooklyn, McClain grew up tickling the ivories and belting out ballads — performing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and singing with the All-City Schools Choir.

At its best, Ann Curthoys' new book on Paul Robeson, The Last Tour, brings to life a full map of half-forgotten Australian ...