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
In a recent New York Times Op-Ed musician, Marc Ribot, proclaims that streaming services such as Spotify and MOG are the future and that the success of these services means that independent artists can no longer make a sustainable living selling their music. He explains, Spotify likes to say that they...
Tuesday, Novemeber 7th, 2014, the incomparable Stevie Wonder made his first stop on a special 12-city tour at Madison Square Garden in New York City. There, he sang his 1976 landmark double album, Songs in the Key of Life. Stevie Wonder, with one of the best bands and string sections assembled, singing...
In advance of the 35th annual Detroit Jazz Festival, famed jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman candidly shared his thoughts on his career and what the jazz community can do to continue to reach its audiences. Q: What is the responsibility of the individual musician in this day and age? A: I would like to say the […]
In August 2013 Pharrell and Robin Thicke filed a pre-emptive lawsuit essentially asking the judge to rule “declaratory relief that “Blurred Lines” was non-infringing, painting the defendant as attempting to claim ownership of an entire genre.” This prompted the Gaye family to respond...
T-Pain shocks the internet when he dropped his episode of NPR’s celebrated Tiny Desk Concert Series. T-Pain, real name Faheem Rasheed Najm, was the king of auto-tuned singing throughout the early 2000s. He created multiple hits for himself and artists including, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Akon....
The incomparable Herbie Hancock is on a full court press tour celebrating the release of his memoir, Possibilities. The best part this is that Hancock is showing up everywhere from The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to the Apollo Theater in Harlem. What is more, a new generation is learning about the astounding...
The Sexual Politics of Black Sacred Music 7:00-9:00 P.M. Public Conversation at First Corinthians Baptist Church, Harlem Moderator: Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr., Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Music, University of Pennsylvania Yvette Flunder, Senior Pastor, City of Refuge United Church of Christ, Presiding...
Next Semester’s Course Descriptions. If you see me walking down the street with a tick, here’s why. Freshmen Seminar That’s My Song!: Musical Genre as Social Contract Music in American history has been fundamental to identity formation because, as one scholar notes, it comprises “the...
Congratulations to musician, Meshell Ndegeocello, and artist, Wanghechi Mutu, on being named 2014 U.S.A. Fellows. The two are among 34 for artists who were awarded $50,000 from the United States Artist Program. “U.S.A. Fellowships are awarded to innovative artists of all ages and at all stages of their...
A few weeks ago the internet was ablaze with the music video for “Never Catch Me” by Flying Lotus and Kendrick Lamar. The stunningly beautiful, and equally haunting, video, directed by famed Hiro Murai, is a meditation on childhood, death, and resurrection. In his analysis Mark Anthony Neal...
