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MusiQology Rx Fundraiser for One Art Community Center
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Why Country Music is So Scared of Black People
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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
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
Black Music Month, Day #18 Below are the liner notes that I’ve written for Ramsey Lewis’ exciting soon-to-be-released CD, Taking Another Look on Hidden Beach Records. Ramsey and I first worked together when I served as a librettist and creative consultant on his Proclamation of Hope: A Symphonic...
At the same time that early bebop musicians forged their new musical language, a community of black visual artists and writers thrived in New York. Black artists experimented across mediums and manipulated the forms, vocabularies, and scope of their work, and in the process they expanded, questioned,...
Black Music Month, Day 8 Nina Simone’s performance of the spiritual “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” enjoys several aesthetic and ideological tributaries that contribute to its power, its riveting grip on listeners (check out the youtube comments). Simone’s alto voice combines with her own piano...
Black Music Month Day #5 Dear Patrice Rushen: We’ve met a couple of times, once at an Indiana University symposium and another at Jazz at Lincoln Center where you were touring with Donald Harrison’s band. That’s okay. You may not remember me, but we actually go way back. I first learned about...
Black Music Month Day #3 When bebop appeared seemingly out of nowhere in the mid 1940s, the general public heard it as something strange, something new. Sounding self-consciously “modern” to many, the creators of bebop crafted, individually and collectively, a musical style that combined...
By Guthrie Ramsey Thankfully the smoke has cleared and the tweeting traffic has by now calmed down over jazz artist Esperanza Spaulding’s “controversial” win over teen heartthrob Justin Bieber at this year’s Grammys. Now I can point out another little noted but pleasant Grammy surprise, one that...
Guest Writers: First-year students Jennie Matte and Davis Butner will write a special column this semester documenting their musical exploits in Philadelphia. For the average freshman entering the University of Pennsylvania, transitioning to such an urban college environment may seem rather daunting. ...
Things to see, hear, and read in ’11, Part 2 In the lobby of Shutters, a hotel on the beach in Santa Monica, I walked passed an empty drum set and grand piano and entered the dining room without too much of a second thought. Someone had recommended this spot to enjoy a special meal […]
The recent passing of Philly-based pianist and organist Trudy Pitts and pop/funk diva Teena Marie stunned their fans and encouraged reflection. At first glance, one might ask what could these artists have in common? Yet each has been noted for how they used their musical talents to break through...
From her Facebook page, I learned that Denise King, the round-the-way-Philly-girl-vocalist-supreme was performing at the Philadelphia Art Museum on their Friday jazz set. Got to check her out with a wonderful group of musicians that included her steady pianist, the impeccable Aaron Graves. The band...
