A five-year-old opera, “Blue,” tackles this tragedy head-on with a simple yet weighty story about a Black couple in Harlem ...

EBONY's 2024 Power 100 list showcases Black achievement across 10 categories, including Keke Palmer, Kevin Hart, and Samara Joy. Celebrating Black excellence.

In this opera, composed by Jeanine Tesori with a libretto by Tazewell Thompson, you never see the event at the heart of the ...

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

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 ...

Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues ...

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

A versatile and talented singer, Deborah Swiney performs in a variety of genres, from the Harlem Renaissance to Latin jazz, ...

But despite all his preparation, Devereux was skeptical when he first saw an ad for what was billed as Blues Brothers Con — a daylong gathering and concert for fans of the music side project started ...

Julie Black the Her Band will be performing at the Dunedin Wines the Blues Festival this weekend. She joins us in studio to give a preview of what you can expect.

Banjo scholar and musician Dom Flemons performs at Swallow Hill in Denver and Boulder's Chautauqua Community House, Nov. 9-10 ...

The essential records that chart blues music’s epic journey – from its Delta roots through to the masterpiece that launched the heavy rock movement ...