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
We’re excited that the official trailer for the highly anticipated film, Selma, is finally out! We’re even more excited that Ava DuVernay (Middle of Nowhere and The Door) directed it and friend of Musiqology, Jason Moran, scored it. Be sure to see it when it reaches theaters on January,...
The talk of this past Summer was Kara Walker’s provocative art installation in Brooklyn entitled, “A Subtley: or the Marvelous Sugar Baby an Homage to the unpaid and overworked Artisans who have refined our Sweet tastes from the cane fields to the Kitchens of the New World on the Occasion...
Lately Lincoln University of Pennsylvania has been in the news for the wrong reason. Its president. University President, Robert Jennings, went on a completely inappropriate and inflammatory diatribe about long dresses, “respectable” women, and predatory black men. The discussion was a mess...
A brand new exhibition showcases more than forty color photographs by trailblazing African American artist Gordon Parks. Many of the exhibited works are on view for the first time. Created for an influential 1950s Life magazine article, these photographs offer a powerful look at the daily life and struggles...
Scholar/Artist E. Patrick Johnson is challenging how academics typically think of ethnography. Traditionally researcher collect oral histories and interview collaborators and write their findings up in a book published by an academic press. Johnson is taking a different approach where he is distilling...
I, Patriarch (or So Long, Cliff and Claire) Editor’s note: The artwork is in this post is used by the generous permission of artist, Elizabeth Axtman. Please learn more about her and visit her work at ElizabethAxtman.com. I’ve been struggling watching Bill Cosby’s reputation get lampooned...
On this day 45 years ago the very first episode of Sesame Street aired. On the show, music and art are placed on the same pedestal as reading and arithmetic. So in tribute to the longest-running children’s television show, we’re sharing three of our favorite Sesame Street moments. Enjoy!...
On November 5th the sublimly talented, Angélique Kidjo took to Carnegie Hall to pay tribute to one of her inspirations, the incomparable Miriam Makeba. It was a special night that included host, Whoopi Goldberg, and singer/musician, Laura Mvula. Jon Pereles sums up the experience, It was by no means...
Here’s a wonderful and in-depth 1983 interview with jazz legend, Tony Williams, and Downbeat Magazine. In it, Williams discusses everything from his tenure with Miles Davis to his love of popular music. Read more at Downbeat.
In this episode two Musiqology Young Gunz, Regina Bradley, Ph.D. (@redclayscholar) and Birgitta Johnson, Ph.D. (@DrBirgittaSays) unite discuss Outkast and notions of Southern identity. This is a definite must watch!
