Ranging Across Time and Scale, V. Shayne Frederick Holds Office Hours at Uncle Bobbie’s
MusiQ Department Artist Vince Anthony Debuts “Hurricane” Music Video
MusiQology Rx Fundraiser for One Art Community Center
Beyoncé’s Homecoming Film Preserves and Reveres Black History
Why Country Music is So Scared of Black People
DaMaris B. Hill’s New Book is a Powerful, Wondrous Thing
(FREE SHOW) Dr. Guy Performs with Ursula Rucker this Thursday, March 14, at World Café
Hide/Melt/Ghost’s Harlem Debut is a Major Moment for Black Music Scholarship & Performance
The Time Stevie Wonder Taught White Surfers how to Dance
Music Lives with MusiQology Events in Virginia and Philadelphia
The 2019 GRAMMYs: Streaks Broken, Questions Unanswered
The 2019 MusiQology GRAMMYs Preview
Ursula Rucker Talks Womanhood and Courage in Art
I Remember Roy: Remembering Roy Hargrove
Save the Date!: Dr. Guy brings Hide/Melt/Ghost to Harlem Stage on March 9!
Happy Holidays from MusiQology!
The Encouraging 2019 GRAMMY Nominations are Just One Step in a Long Process
We’re so proud to announce a spate of new releases from our imprint, The MusiQ Department. The first is an EP titled Jazz Nonstandards by Bridget Ramsey, which offers new and exciting twists on the jazz repertoire. The second is a layered and thoughtful single by Vince Anthony titled “Hurricane.”...
To make jazz in at the turn of the century was and is a weighing—of genealogical tradition and new-school vitality; of fealty to the elders and a desire to have one’s voice heard; between the conservatory and the club. Roy Hargrove, who passed away over the weekend at the too-young age of 49, was a […]
From MusiQology contributor Martin Connor comes this in-depth look at the lyrics of Kanye West, erstwhile progressive-rapper-turned-Trump-supporter trapped in the Sunken Place. Connor takes a still relatively open, cognitively dissonant question—“Why does Kanye West support Donald Trump?”—and...
What songs have gotten stuck in your head because you feel like they’re speaking directly to you? Read our article, “After Laughter,” Trauma, and Finding Comfort in an Earworm” and help us construct our collaborative playlist. Earlier this week, we published a hybrid personal essay/observation...
Mhysa is an artist whose work has compelled and challenged us. Their new video — for the track “Bb,” off their successful album, fantasii — is familiar in some ways and satisfyingly, critically, and intentionally unfamiliar in others. Conceptual artist and musician E. Jane’s...
Featuring new voices from academia and beyond, Fresh Wax is MusiQology’s way to provide contributions from academics, artists, and writers at large. This week’s writer, making his MusiQology debut reporting live from Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer Prize award ceremony, is Simon Ghebreyesus. ...
In an age of virality, the surprise album release has become an interesting industrial tactic for artists looking to avoid the critical oversight of middle management and seize the public spotlight. With the release of George Clinton and Parliament’s Medicaid Fraud Dog, the group’s first release...
The talk of the Internet this past week has been “This is America,” a new song and music video from rapper Childish Gambino. The video features the shirtless rapper, whose real name is Donald Glover, dancing through a vacant warehouse, occasionally picking up guns and killing other black...
J. Michael Harrison is this week’s guest on The MusiQology Podcast, taking Dr. Guy and the listener through the city’s musical history, touching on activism and the centrality of musical cultures to Philadelphia life. We asked him to give our readers an overview of Philly jazz’s past, present,...
Dr. Guthrie Ramsey and Dr. Guy’s MusiQology are very proud to announce the launch of a new podcast series on music, race, and the creative arts, set to debut with its first episode on Monday, April 2. The podcast, hosted by Dr. Ramsey and featuring a wide array of musicians, artists, and scholars,...
