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 ...

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.

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

But for jazz musicians the fact that jazz came from America, a land where black people were also fighting for civil ...

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

When Lexie Webster integrated an Indianapolis neighborhood in 1963, fences went up. She spent her 96 years breaking down ...

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

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

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

Explore the contributions of Black music icons who shaped the industry and American culture during Black Music Month.

From Rico Nasty to Nova Twins, these genre-blending Black artists are breaking all the rules to remind us who really birthed rock and roll.