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(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
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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!
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Recently, the Duke University Chapel and the Duke Jazz Studies program united to host a Jazz Vespers Service. Duke professor, Mark Anthony Neal, attended and describes the event for us. Luke A. Powery, the Dean of the Chapel at Duke University was joined by the John Brown (little) Big Band and vocalist...
On this day 45 years ago the very first episode of Sesame Street aired. On the show, music and art are placed on the same pedestal as reading and arithmetic. So in tribute to the longest-running children’s television show, we’re sharing three of our favorite Sesame Street moments. Enjoy!...
Here’s a wonderful and in-depth 1983 interview with jazz legend, Tony Williams, and Downbeat Magazine. In it, Williams discusses everything from his tenure with Miles Davis to his love of popular music. Read more at Downbeat.
In a recent New York Times Op-Ed musician, Marc Ribot, proclaims that streaming services such as Spotify and MOG are the future and that the success of these services means that independent artists can no longer make a sustainable living selling their music. He explains, Spotify likes to say that they...
In advance of the 35th annual Detroit Jazz Festival, famed jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman candidly shared his thoughts on his career and what the jazz community can do to continue to reach its audiences. Q: What is the responsibility of the individual musician in this day and age? A: I would like to say the […]
The incomparable Herbie Hancock is on a full court press tour celebrating the release of his memoir, Possibilities. The best part this is that Hancock is showing up everywhere from The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to the Apollo Theater in Harlem. What is more, a new generation is learning about the astounding...
In its review The New York Times says, But “Keep On Keepin’ On” offers something much richer and more unusual than the biography of an eminent musician. Mr. Terry was a pioneer in jazz education, and his first student was a 12-year-old horn player named Quincy Jones, “so skinny he could ride...
On August 9, 2014 Michael Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri by Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson. There have been protests, town hall meetings, and autopsies, yet no indictment for the killing of the unarmed teenager. Thankfully, Dr. Birgitta Johnson (@DrBirgittaSays) created a playlist...
Musiqology is very pleased to introduce to our audience K. Shackleford. She is a jazz enthusiast who enjoys writing about the connection between jazz and spirituality. K. Shackleford is a graduate of Duke Divinity School and she lives in North Carolina. Please also take some time to check out her interview...
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...
