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
Tomorrow Musiqology will join our Managing Editor, Fredara M. Hadley (@fredaraMareva) and for the second installment of Jooksi University. This month’s topic? Straight No Chaser: A No Nonsense Conversation about Jazz. We’re going to dive right into the aspects of race, gender, and innovation...
It’s a new day in black music research! One of the reasons I say this is that the field was once anchored in the academy. The scholars who researched the history and present of black music were primarily concerned with sharing the result with an academic audience through traditional channels and platforms. ...
We’re happy to continue our music critics series with a feature on the writer Rashod Ollison (@RashodOllison). I learned about his work in social media, and it’s been a great pleasure to read. What I find compelling about Ollison’s work is that he holds a classic “beat”...
If you missed the debut of Dr. Guy’s Colored Waiting Room at the legendary Blue Note you truly missed a special evening. Thankfully, Matthew Morrison – a member of the extended Musiqology family – recaps the magic from that night in his description of the vibe Dr. Guy’s Musiqology...
We’re excited about bringing the Colored Waiting Room to the legendary Blue Note Jazz Club this Friday at 11:45pm—the late night groove set. Inviting new musicians into the mix is one of the great things I’ve loved about Dr. Guy’s MusiQology since starting this thing ten years ago. Meet the new MusiQologists...
In a letter to the editor of the journal The Black Perspective in Music, George Russell (1923-2009), an African American musician identified as both a composer and teacher in the publication, expressed his displeasure with the title given an interview he had granted. It was published in Spring of 1974. ...
Despite the woes that have kept the great city of Detroit in the news lately, Detroit continues to remind the world that since the post-War II era, it has been a major source of musical inspiration and artistic stability. Gospel music has been an especially fertile style for this “Up-South” city. ...
A lot has been said about Steve McQueen’s poignantly painful film, 12 Years a Slave. And rightfully so. Amid a class of films–such as Django and The Butler– that discuss slavery (or the legacy of it) 12 Years a Slave is an emotionally jarring look at one man’s tragic journey...
September 27th was Bud Powell’s birthday. He would have been 89-years old. On this past Friday night I was honored to to talk about my new book The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History and the Challenge of Bebop under the auspices of IRAAS (Institute for Research in African American Studies)...
Lecture 2: Exceptional Errors Something was terribly wrong among the black Methodists in the early 19th century. In 1819, John F. Watson, a disapproving minister, published a diatribe called Methodist Error: Or Friendly Christian Advice to those Methodists Who Indulge in Extravagant Emotions and Bodily...
