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
When one thinks of the lush instrumentals and funk gestures that characterized the vibrant moment in our native city’s history that came to be known as Philadelphia Soul, two names come to mind. There’s Gamble. There’s Huff. Their Philadelphia International Records, with acts like The O’Jays,...
“What’s Going On” is MusiQology’s semi-regular news round-up. We curate a selection of relevant news items from across the spectrum of popular culture, adding our own commentary and contextualizing the moments within a broader conversation. In some cases, we’ll be drawing your attention to news...
From the writings of Audre Lorde and bell hooks to the musical talents of Beyoncé Knowles and Nina Simone, the world of MusiQology has been enriched by the contributions of women of color in their activisms and their everydays. In recognition of International Women’s Day, we at MusiQology want to thank...
MusiQology is a family business, and it’s our great pleasure to announce the debut of Bridget Ramsey’s EP, B-Eclectic for online sale HERE. After more than a year behind the boards and at the studio keys, Dr. Guy has shepherded his daughter through a debut release that stretches genre boundaries...
Darnell Moore (@moore_darnell) is a Musiqology Advisory Board Member and Co-Founder of the You Belong Initiative. Jazmine Sullivan’s third LP, Reality Show, is a combination of gritty lyricism and hypnotizing vocals. Her swoon-inducing sound combines the unearthly musicality found in the most...
For Birgitta Johnson and Treva Lindsey, Critics-At-Large I don’t remember having many TV shows that I watched obsessively after I became an adult. TV was mostly for those times when I was broke, lonely, bored or any combination of these. There was Saturday Night Live (no money/no date); the afternoon...
T-Pain shocks the internet when he dropped his episode of NPR’s celebrated Tiny Desk Concert Series. T-Pain, real name Faheem Rasheed Najm, was the king of auto-tuned singing throughout the early 2000s. He created multiple hits for himself and artists including, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Akon....
The legendary, and hugely influential, George Duke passed away this week. While it is hard to put his multi-faceted 40 year career into words, we are grateful that Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan) gave Musiqology Editor in Chief, Guthrie Ramsey, the space to process Duke’s influence on Dr. Guy’s...
The release of Justin Timberlake’s latest CD The 20/20 Experience last week met fanfare, market analysis, and some unusually frank talk about singing, dancing, raced bodies. Timberlake’s musical successes have made him, in the eyes of his vast following, either the crown prince of pop or a rip off artist,...
Beyoncé is everywhere. She’s one of the top pop music stars of the 21st Century…and married to another top music star of the 21st Century. Her ubiquity alone is enough to entice academic discourse, but even more enticingly she’s a woman who is the head of a multi-million dollar global...
