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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

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 2009 October (Page 2)

And the Singer is… Jada Pinkett-Smith and Wicked Wisdom

The 5’0, 38 year old black actress/producer/model/author and singer-songwriter Jada Pinkett-Smith is probably not what you think of when I say heavy metal, but sure enough, she is the lead singer of the rock band, Wicked Wisdom. Wicked Wisdom is a heavy metal band, from what I can tell, composed of mostly...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 22, 2009
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I Am Not My Hair – India.Arie

India.Arie, in my personal opinion, can be classified as one of the most influential female artists of the 21st century. Not because her music with its smooth melodies and meaningful lyricism can be put in the higher echelon of elegant music (same way jazz was); but rather being a Neo-Soul/R&B artist,...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 21, 2009
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Presenting…India.Arie

India.Arie is an R&B artist who most certainly uses her lyrics to go against the role that the media assigns women. The chorus of one of her most popular songs, “Video,” includes, “I’m not the average girl from your video, and I ain’t built like a supermodel, but I’ve learned to love...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 21, 2009
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Dr. Guthrie Ramsey in Downbeat Magazine Oct 09 On Stands Now!

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 20, 2009
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MusiQology and The Big Peach – Part One: Dr. Guy’s Visit to Spelman College

A Message from Dr. Guy This week I will be traveling to  Atlanta to visit the charming campus of Spelman College, where I will  speak to two classes and give a seminar for undergraduate music majors.  I consider this visit a great opportunity as a professor and musicologist because of the rich history...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 19, 2009
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Folk Through the Years: From James Taylor to Tracy Chapman

As I tune my studying playlist to the placid yet boldly constructive sounds of Western Folk music, ranging as far back to the 1950s and as distant as the cool coasts of Ireland, I engage in my own discourse concerning this genre of music, what it means to me and the thoughts of others on […]

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 19, 2009
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POPera – Opera As Pop Music From The 16th Century to Now

Sitting in an empty concert hall, I remember leaning over the polished banister, enthralled by the enormous sound escaping the quaking lips on a bearded chin.  I had the opportunity to attend the dress rehearsal of Puccini’s opera, Turandot, with my fifth grade class, and the memory of hearing “Nessun...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 16, 2009
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Jazz to Hip-Hop – A Brief History

Jazz emerged out of many different types of music such as slave songs, ragtime, and military bands. Although Jazz has evolved throughout its history, it dramatically changed during the 1930’s and 1940’s when many African-Americans migrated from southern rural communities to the urbanized northern...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 15, 2009
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From the Plantation to the Penitentiary – Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis created an album titled “From the Plantation to the Penitentiary” in 2007 that embodies the idea that music is linked inextricably with the cultural context within which it subsists.  In the last track of the album, called “Where Y’all At?”, Wynton completes the journey taken...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 15, 2009
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The New Jazz

Terry Teachout’s Wall Street Journal article “Can Jazz Be Saved?” diagnoses jazz with a case of “terminal prestige.”  In other words, Teachout asserts that America’s great art form has become so esteemed that it no longer captivates audiences.  Admittedly, this prognosis is, at best, demonstrative...

By Dr. Guthrie /  October 15, 2009
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