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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

The #BLACKBOYJOY of Smino

Save the Date!: Dr. Guy brings Hide/Melt/Ghost to Harlem Stage on March 9!

Happy Holidays from MusiQology!

Happy Talk (for Nancy Wilson)

Bridget Ramsey’s “Save Your Love for Me” is Assertive Artistry (and a Fitting Tribute to Nancy Wilson)

The Encouraging 2019 GRAMMY Nominations are Just One Step in a Long Process

Home Archive by category R&B (Page 3)

Revisit: Cultural Arts Immersion in the Era of Stop and Frisk

The other day I participated in a conversation on HuffPost Live with actor Gbenga Akinnagbe and attorney Ale Fernandez about “Stop and Frisk” and racial profiling practices. I joked on Facebook that I’d be talking about something I don’t study. I was reminded, however, that, I had experienced...

By Dr. Guthrie /  March 5, 2013
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From the Archives: The Power of Suggestion/The Pleasure of Groove: Robert Glasper’s Post-Genre Black Radio Project, Part 3

I never expected the Robert Glasper Experiment’s project Black Radio to be nominated for a Grammy in the R&B category.  Everyone knew that the project was special: its blend of generic codes from jazz, R&B, hip-hop, gospel and rock defied industry logic in bold ways.  Comprised of musicians...

By Dr. Guthrie /  February 22, 2013
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From the Archives: The Power of Suggestion/The Pleasure of Groove: Robert Glasper’s Post-Genre Black Radio Project, Part 2

I never expected the Robert Glasper Experiment’s project Black Radio to be nominated for a Grammy in the R&B category.  Everyone knew that the project was special: its blend of generic codes from jazz, R&B, hip-hop, gospel and rock defied industry logic in bold ways.  Comprised of musicians...

By Dr. Guthrie /  February 20, 2013
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From the Archives: The Power of Suggestion/The Pleasure of Groove: Robert Glasper’s Post-Genre Black Radio Project, Part 1

I never expected the Robert Glasper Experiment’s project Black Radio to be nominated for a Grammy in the R&B category.  Everyone knew that the project was special: its blend of generic codes from jazz, R&B, hip-hop, gospel and rock defied industry logic in bold ways.  Comprised of musicians...

By Dr. Guthrie /  February 18, 2013
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Beyond Beyoncé Gate: Looking for the American Authentic

The following is an overview of lecture notes from my History of American music course this semester. -Editor Her fans were delighted to see Beyoncé, The Bootylicious, our reigning queen of American pop, step to the podium and offer an anticipated rendition of the National Anthem at Barack Obama’s...

By Dr. Guthrie /  January 28, 2013
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Session 1: What is African American Music and How Does It Mean?

During the next few weeks I’ll be posting about the course I’m teaching on African American music.  Designed as a survey, it will trace developments from slavery to the present for a mix of music majors and non-majors.  The course begins with some philosophical issues about black music making in the United...

By Dr. Guthrie /  September 16, 2012
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Cultural Arts Immersion in the Era of Stop and Frisk

This past weekend I spent time with the Boys and Girls Club of the Greater Washington DC’s TAP (Teen Arts Performance Camp).  The two-week, overnight program, which is in its fifth year, provided over forty children and teens the opportunity to get exposure to visual arts, dance, music and drama through...

By Dr. Guthrie /  July 15, 2012
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The Power of Suggestion/The Pleasure of Groove: Robert Glasper’s Post-Genre Black Radio Project, Part 1

“Changing the game,” exclaimed the press photographer to one of the fans at Robert Glasper’s recent standing-room-only appearance at World Café Live, Philadelphia.   “Yeah, no doubt,” the middle-aged man shot back in agreement.  The room was filled with an interracial, inter-generational...

By Dr. Guthrie /  March 4, 2012
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Breeze/Madness/Time: Notes on the Musical Semiotics of Summer

Black Music Month Day #29 Note: This is my final 2011 Black Music Month post.  Tomorrow, I will publish an index to the entire series. I hope you have enjoyed the writing and the music. Happy Summer!–GR Although the official calendar doesn’t agree, for most of us, July is the start of summer....

By Dr. Guthrie /  June 29, 2011
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Live!: The Apollo Theater and the Black Star System

Black Music Month, Day #27 Before MTV videos, You Tube, digital downloads, nickelodeons, and television variety shows, fans of American popular music had to go to live music venues to enjoy their favorite artists.  From the stages of these spaces, both large and small, audiences experienced the larger-than-life...

By Dr. Guthrie /  June 27, 2011
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