Looking at the importance of blues pioneer Ma Rainey, who pioneered LGBTQ+ representation in music during the 1920s through ...

Howard University alumna Christie Dashiell has earned her first Grammy Award nomination for her album “Journey In Black.” ...

The Red & Black compiles a weekly roundup of shows and events for the upcoming weekend. This weekend includes “A Magical ...

Eddie 9V — short for Eddie 9 Volt — enjoys a heavy touring schedule that has taken him all over the world. His last album, “Little Black Flies,” climbed the Billboard Blues Albums chart, attracting ...

You know his work even if you don't know his name. Michael Jerome anchors Better than Ezra and hit it for Toadies and Slash. Call him the best drummer Dallas has ever produced.

A new collaboration between the Dallas Mavericks and Grammy Award-winning recording artist and North Texas native Leon Bridges revisits one of the team’s most popular uniform designs in recent memory.

Racism was not addressed in Jean-Marie Salem's family growing up. It wasn't until she found her birth family that she felt ...

NPR's A Martinez talks with Cary Baker, author of "Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking and Street Music." ...

The Rolling Stones name was not chosen, crafter, or planned, instead, it hit Brian Jones in a moment of panic.

A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?

With a paintbrush in one hand and a camera in the other, Gatekeeper Adrian is on a mission to reimagine what it means to be ...

It is part of an exhibit, ''The Time Is Always Now,'' featuring work by 28 contemporary Black artists portraying Black figures. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and ...