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
University of Pennsylvania, Lerner Center, 201 S. 34th Street, Room 101. March 19th, 5:15 Screening of Amazing: The Tests and Trails of a Modernist, a film on jazz pianist Bud Powell. Conversation with feature Guthrie Ramsey, University of Pennsylvania; La Marr J. Bruce, University of Maryland, College...
Literally two seconds before I closed my eyes, something told me to check my phone one more time. So glad I did because the Twitterverse was ablaze with that rapper, Kendrick Lamar Interscope records (maybe) inadvertently, dropped his highly anticipated new album over a week early! I’m self-admitted...
ONE OF THE GREAT WORKS OF ART OF THE 20TH CENTURY OR ANY OTHER By Justin Desmangles One of the great works of art of the 20th century or any other, John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme stands as a monument to the revival and resurrection of the human spirit in search of freedom, self-determination, and […]
After several months in court, an eight person jury decided that their hit, “Blurred Lines” does infringe on the copyright of Marvin Gaye’s composition “Got to Give it Up.” The 2013 hit song grossed $16.6M and the Gaye family sought over $25M. Read more at Variety. ...
This past Friday, an officer of the Madison, Wisconsin Police Department shot, and killed, eighteen year old, Anthony Terrell Robinson. While we await further details on the killing, police confirmed that Robinson was unarmed at the time at which the officer (whose name has not been released) shot him....
Tonight’s Blue Note Late Set, is the concert version of PROPHETIKA: an Oratorio. The full piece will be performed at La MaMa Experimental Theatre March 20 – April 05. PROPHETIKA: Award-winning stage director Charlotte Brathwaite joins forces with eclectic composer/pianist Courtney Bryan...
The phenom that is Empire is taking the nation by storm. It’s being called a “hip-hop drama,” but it’s so much more. Empire is producing music that climbs the charts and has a breakout character named “Cookie.” Although in one episode we witnessed a real life...
I’m rarely “jazz sensitive,” but even I thought that jazz culture took a beating in this Grammy-winning film. I remember upright bass players getting a few calluses from practicing to much. In this film, the protagonist, an emotionally troubled drummer, actually practices until he bled...
The music world lost a giant of a musician and mentor last week. His playing was an amalgam of jazz styles–all joyful and beautiful executed. Clark Terry never sacrificed feeling with his stunning technique. He will be missed. Please read more about Clark Terry’s legacy.
This past Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, talented Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Jen Chapin released a timely offering, “Gospel.” Please enjoy and follow her at JenChapin.com.
