David Vinopal, All Music Guide Photo by Bruce Roberts ... other Southern grassroots forms such as Cajun, cowboy, gospel (African- and European-American), and country blues also began to ...

The rousing overture has motifs taken from African American spirituals ... Still, the beauty of the spirituals — the music in “Jubilee” is almost entirely traditional spirituals ...

Private worship often included "shouts," ecstatic spiritual circle dances ... instruments popular with African American players. In turn, white music influenced the compositions and performances ...

The influence of African music is widespread. Elements can be heard in blues, gospel, jazz and Latin American music due to the historic movement of African slaves to the Americas. Millions of ...

A new opera called "Jubilee" based on the Fisk University Jubilee Singers makes its world debut this month with the Seattle ...

A genre-leaping Renaissance man who memorably collaborated with everyone from Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson ...

As the "Godfather of Soul," he transmuted gospel into secular music centered in the emotional conduit of ... Hip-hop is unimaginable without him. National Museum of African American History and ...

an evening celebrating James Baldwin and African American spiritual music, a roller skating night, and a Black Heritage celebration. In addition to displaying several Black History exhibits at ...

Opened in 2021, the museum aims to educate visitors on the influence of African American people on more than 50 genres of popular music, including jazz, gospel and hip-hop. Each of the museum's ...

Dr. Claudrena N. Harold will trace the evolution of gospel music while considering how it has responded to pressing social ...

Black Arts MKE completes a decade of stunning African American arts and culture with an extra family-focused take on its ...