"Jaja's African Hair Braiding" opens at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, “Too Hot To Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah” at the ...

Here are 10 shows — spanning funk and soul to Afro-pop and bluegrass — that set the bar high for venturing outside musical ...

Barton was a skilled musician, a devoted father of five, a barbershop owner widely regarded as a wizard with scissors, a de ...

We did not have Artiste of the Year in our annual sQoop awards. Not that we have not had good music or artistes outdoing ...

Here is a roll call of some noteworthy figures who died in 2024 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available): ...

The Voices of a Lifetime slate highlights the lives and accomplishments of Black music entertainers. Blige, who has executive produced Mary J. Blige’s Real Love and Mary J. Blig ...

Jimmy Carter, Shannen Doherty and Donald Sutherland were among the notable names in media, entertainment and politics we lost ...

It takes an entire alphabet to cover the artists, venues, concerts, genres, radio stations, and more that make the D the ...

A $2.48 million grant from the Lilly Endowment is expected to help Baylor University expand its Black Gospel Archive and ...

Kirk Franklin has been announced as the 2025 recipient of the Black Music Icon Award presented by the Black Music Collective.

Jan. 30, 2025, GRAMMY® Award-winning artist, songwriter and producer Kirk Franklin will be celebrated at the fourth annual ...