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
This week’s Summer Session features an exciting emerging writer, Dr. Regina Bradley. Affectionately known as the “Red Clay Scholar,” a moniker that sends love to her beloved home state of Georgia. She’s known for her penetrating critiques of contemporary popular culture. She’s an expert...
“ In the Morning, When I Rise.” “In That Great Gettin’ Up Morning.” “My Lord, What a Morning.” There’s something about “the morning” and the Spirituals. This communal fixation with the break of day is probably linked to hope, optimism and renewal. The good news gospel that birthed...
For cultural adventurers like us, summer is when routine pressures relax a bit, and we find time to pull it in–catch up with reading, summer concerts, new recordings and with one another. During a recent conversation with Musiqology’s managing editor, Dr. Fredara Hadley (our favorite resident...
We are happy to announce the launch of the newly revamped Musiqology.com! Our team has worked tirelessly the past few weeks to think through our mission while listening to you, our great readers. We’re thrilled to share our new look and to work even harder to make Musiqology your reliable and enjoyable...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
