Gentrified D.C. Tries To Whitewash Chocolate City By Targeting Go-Go Music
“Gentrification is cultural genocide, and this is an example of that."
After an influx of white people invaded Washington, D.C., at breakneck speed in recent years, the city’s paling population has apparently aimed its gentrifying sights on one...
All 73 Sade Songs, Ranked From Worst to Best
If Sade didn’t exist, no one could have invented her. Over a career spanning six albums and 33 years, the art of the singer, backed by her band, has never been anything less than inimitable....
Hip-Hop Museum Preserves Rap Music History in D.C.
The D.C. Hip-Hop Museum celebrates the 40th anniversary of Rapper’s Delight and culture of the industry beginning Jan. 18.
By Mark F. Gray
Forty years ago, near the end of the Jimmy Carter administration, when...
Jimi Hendrix Honored in Hometown of Seattle with Post Office Renamed in his Honor
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson)
According to the Seattle Times, musical artist, counterculture figure and guitar legend Jimi Hendrix will have a post office renamed for him in his Washington state hometown.
In late December a...
Meet the 11-Year-Old Girls Whose Music Wowed the Philharmonic
It was the kind of debut most musicians only dream of: a world-class orchestra, tens of thousands of listeners.
At its outdoor parks concerts last week, the New York Philharmonic performed works by two 11-year-old girls, Camryn Cowan and Jordan Millar — newcomers to the...
Black-Owned New Orleans Tour Company is the First to Offer Black Heritage and Jazz Tours
New Orleans, LA — Mikhala Iversen is a singer, international recording artist, aka Jazz Muffin, but most of all she has a passion for telling the true story of New Orleans past, not so often told amongst the swamp, ghosts, booze-tours and sages of...
FOOD MATTERS
15 Must Try Black-owned Restaurants In New Orleans
No city in America claims a more distinct cuisine than New Orleans, full stop. The wide mouth of the Mississippi River has served as...
Popular
32 Black Owned Shoe Companies
Shoes are not only worn to protect the human feet. They are also worn because they add the final touch to the style you are trying to create.
