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(FREE SHOW) Dr. Guy Performs with Ursula Rucker this Thursday, March 14, at World Café
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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
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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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My next writing project is a history of this thing called African American music. I’m on the part about black enslaved people creating a music system. As I cringe watching videos of local representatives of the state mount assaults against young and old, I think I can now write about the “blue...
There is no way that words could possibly express the depth of my own gratitude for the work of the great master and paradigm-shifter, Ornette Coleman. He opened the music up for all of us by challenging the rules of jazz and innovating new spaces and structures inside of the music. From The Shape of Jazz...
Recently we sang the praises of LA-born and bred tenor saxophonist, Kamasi Washington and his debut release, The Epic. Now we recommend that you take some time to watch this powerful performance that is sure to leave you optimistic about the present, and future of jazz, on both coasts!
Earlier this week Guthrie Ramsey, editor in chief of Musiqology, joined Tamara Levitz, Mark Anthony Neal, Robin Kelly, Shana Redmond, and Gayle Murchison for an engaging conversation on black music and the aesthetics of protest. Watch the entire conversation here.
New music that is really NEW. Jazz is not dead. It is alive and well. Live musicianship and song writing is alive and well. Los Angeles has so many hidden local music treasures. Though you’ve seen and heard them play with other groups in other genres all around the world, musicians such as Kamasi...
On April 17th Guthrie Ramsey returned to the Blue Note and gave its audience a night we won’t forget. Here are some reflections on the magic that was made. Marti Newland, Ph.D. is a Core Lecturer in Music Humanities at Columbia University Again, Guthrie Ramsey ushered his listeners through the abundance...
The praise for Bridget Ramsey’s EP, B Eclectic, continues to roll in! Recently, the Philadelphia Sun had the following to say about her talent, With a sound that may remind some of Jill Scott with a dash of Minnie Riperton and Sarah Vaughn, the ease and grace she has as she slides up and down...
Today is the Day! Guthrie Ramsey + Friends return to the legendary Blue Note for an ultra special midnight late set. But this is an “and friends” show, so below journalist, John Vilanova (@JohnVilanova), introduces us to the talented artists who will be joining Guthrie onstage tonight. Grab...
Composer Courtney Bryan has been busy! Fresh off the success of Charlotte Brathwaite’s powerful oratorio, Prophetika, a powerful musical and visual work that is inspired by the spirit and legacies of Harriet Tubman, Sun Ra, and Alice Coltrane, Courtney Bryan debuted her new work “Sanctum”...
