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
In the weeks leading up to the Grammy awards on Sunday, February 12, we’re going to spend some time handicapping the field for some notable and relevant categories. If you’re not a new reader, you already know our feelings about the Grammys’ problems, so while we wouldn’t be surprised to wind...
Nothing New is MusiQology’s latest recurring series. Written by Penn PhD candidate Ben DuPriest, this collection of essays debates the utility and danger of proclaiming music “new” (or “old”) within a larger historical and political frame. With a focus on contemporary recordings labeled “jazz”...
Nothing New is MusiQology’s latest recurring series. Written by Penn PhD candidate Ben DuPriest, this collection of essays debates the utility and danger of proclaiming music “new” (or “old”) within a larger historical and political frame. With a focus on contemporary recordings labeled “jazz”...
Nothing New is MusiQology’s latest recurring series. Written by Penn PhD candidate Ben DuPriest, this collection of essays debates the utility and danger of proclaiming music “new” (or “old”) within a larger historical and political frame. With a focus on contemporary recordings labeled “jazz”...
16 Bars is a recurring column at MusiQology. When we want to get a sense of the discourse around a particular pop culture moment or event, we search the web, highlighting diverse voices across social media and aggregating them in a kind of thematic digital verse. A sign of a rapper’s ability is his or […]
This week, Dr. Guy will be presenting two lectures as the scholar-in-residence at Baylor University. These events are free and open to the public. Monday, September 26 (6PM CENTRAL), Greater Ebenezer Baptist Church: “Y’all Like That?: Contemporary Gospel Music and the Sacred-Secular...
What does “genius” look like from a bird’s eye view? She sets the alarm for 4AM to finish the essay, to prepare the lecture, to capture the sprite muse. It stations itself at the same simple wooden desk she’s been writing on since she left home for college because it functions well, and there’s...
Genre moves and stylistic shifts are hard to traverse for many of the most capable artists — you become known for one thing and, usually, one thing only. Such was and was not the case for Bobby Hutcherson, who died earlier this week. He was 75. Hutcherson was singularly known for his work on the vibraphone,...
Jazz legend Charlie Parker once outlined a three-step regimen for preparation in music. “You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice,” he said. “And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.” We’re somewhere between...
For Miles Davis, a man whose musical performances and personal reality often stretched far beyond the bounds of expectation, two minutes (or two hours, even) to tell his story seems like it would never do him justice. But for now, the former will have to do with the release of the first trailer for Miles...
