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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

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

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Four Nights, Five Sets, and a Long Blog: Ramsey Hits the Town

Last week was not only my time to wind up my fall classes. (Yes!)  It was also a great time to get out on the town and enjoy an eclectic mix of wintertime musicking in Philly.  Although one hears many laments about what the music scene here (and everywhere, it seems) lacks, if you’re persistent […]

By Dr. Guthrie /  December 15, 2010
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Funk, Fire, and the Afro-Future”: Music in 1970s Chicago

Earth Wind and Fire’s 1981 hit, “Let’s Groove,” kicks off with a shuffled hi-hat rhythm penetrated by deep, tight bass drum kicks. In the lower registers, vocals passing through a vocoder synthesizer conflate the line between words and bass, mouthing a thick and fuzzy “Down…boogie down…down...

By Dr. Guthrie /  April 14, 2010
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The Chicago Project: Interview with Dr. Guy

Every city has a pulse. The heart of Chicago culture has a rhythmic pulse beat that hits with every sound imaginable—from the heavy bass of hip-hop to the blaring horns of funk. The cultural trajectory of Chicago is one based in a timeless diversity of black music. It is this history that has created...

By Dr. Guthrie /  March 30, 2010
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Motown Meets Vampire Weekend – Musicial Movements of the 20th Century

Stevie Wonder – Superstition The music that we hear now will be the basis of the music that we will be listening to twenty years from now.  Musical genres are constantly evolving from and influencing one another.  This trend is evident simply by examining the roots of the musical genres that...

By Dr. Guthrie /  January 21, 2010
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The Protest Song Movement: From Marvin Gaye to Kanye

The 1960s was a decade of monumental change in sociopolitical, technological, and musical spheres.  The United States was in the midst of an unpopular war and for the first time the American people were brought to the front lines.  Each night families would sit in front of their television screens...

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 11, 2009
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A Change Is Gonna Come – From the Civil Rights Movement to American Idol

The 1960’s was an era categorized by vast political and cultural change. America had elected its first Catholic President, succeeded in launching a revolutionary expedition to the moon, experienced vast racial strife, and was plagued by the most unpopular war in domestic history. From a peripheral...

By Dr. Guthrie /  November 5, 2009
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Get on the Good Foot – James Brown “The Godfather of Soul”

James Brown – Good Foot/ S Power/ Make It Funky (ST 1973) Recognized as the “Godfather of Soul”, renowned artist James Brown was easily one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music.  With his ear-piercing cries and hollers as well as the accompaniment of his flawless,...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 12, 2009
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