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Feb 21, 2021 · Her expertise as a music journalist gives a glance into how Black culture has influenced the music and entertainment industry as whole. "Every genre that is born from America has Black roots ...
Sep 21, 2024 · Greene notes that in North America there has been a retrenchment on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives since 2020, but he still believes in pursuing reparations for Black musicians.
Jun 27, 2020 · Today’s Black artists continue to expand the colorful beats and vocals from the early music industry. Finishing up our playlist, we’ve included a few picks and blends from the past 30 years of R&B, soul, hip-hop, rap, pop and more. Kick back and enjoy some Boyz II Men, The Notorious B.I.G., D’Angelo and Beyoncé.
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Feb 17, 2023 · From slave spirituals to rhythm & blues, rock ‘n roll, and hip-hop, Black music has been an instrument of expression, community, and resistance — as well as a documentarian of history. In over 400 years, Black music has continued to evolve and expand into the styles and genres we’ve familiarized today such as R&B, neo-soul, and pop.
- 1912. Trumpeter W.C. Handy — who earned the sobriquet "Father of the Blues" — publishes the sheet music for "Memphis Blues, " which he called a "southern rag"; two years later he penned the classic "Saint Louis Blues."
- 1925. Louis Armstrong records the first of a series of singles for Okeh Records with his Hot Five and Hot Seven combos. The trumpeter's take on the songs, including "Saint James Infirmary," "Basin Street Blues," and "Muskrat Ramble," "helped to change the course of American music," as writer Charles Hiroshi Garrett noted in a review of a 2000 collection of the complete recordings.
- 1934. The Apollo Theater opens and becomes a cultural and musical mecca in the heart of the Harlem neighborhood in NYC.
- 1935. Pianist Teddy Wilson is part of the "first known interracial jazz group" — the Benny Goodman Trio, with the namesake clarinetist and drummer Gene Krupa.
Feb 7, 2024 · The strength, beauty and influential power of Black music has been evident since Africans were inhumanely and unjustly captured and brought to the Americas. Though they were required to give up their languages, customs, and drums, the power of African rhythms remained in the heartbeats of enslaved Africans and their descendants.
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Jun 6, 2024 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every June since the 1970s, across the United States, musicians, fans and industry professionals celebrate Black Music Month. It’s an opportunity to highlight the contributions of Black artists and position Black art at the center of American culture across popular music and beyond. Black Music Month ‘s origins trace ...
