FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) -As temperatures rise this summer, we’re turning up the volume on a different kind of heat — the cultural impact of Black music. June is African American Music ...

American blues musician Aaron 'T-Bone' Walker (1910 - 1975), UK, 3rd March 1965. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Photo by: Evening Standard / Getty Images The historical ...

The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) is set to hold its inaugural awards gala on Saturday, Oct. 5, in downtown Nashville. The event, slated to run from 6 to 8 p.m., will honor ...

This post was updated May 22 at 9:43 p.m. Community and tradition inspire the performers of the Old-Time String Band and African American Music Ensemble. Each class of musical performers has shared a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The National Museum of African American Music, or NMAAM, is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many music genres created, influenced, and inspired by ...

The soul-shattering abuses suffered by enslaved Africans, who were forcibly stripped of their languages, religions and other key aspects of their culture, were fortunately no match for their ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new museum in ...

Four years ago, Debora Wondercheck was trying to process scenes of civil unrest in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor taking place nationally and in Orange County, when she ...

The Soweto Gospel Choir’s music, with its blend of struggle, hope and triumph, resonates deeply with audiences because it ...

*Patti LaBelle, Kirk Franklin and Teddy Riley are among the artists to be honored at the National Museum of African-American Music’s (NMAAM) fourth annual Legends Luncheon in Nashville. A component of ...

Upstairs at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture, MoPop, right now you can take a trip through the musical genres and artists that trace the arc of Black history in America, from gospel foremothers like ...

The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter dedicated a month to African American music appreciation beginning in 1979. With ...