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
The lives of Geoffrey Holder and his wife and muse, Carmen de Lavallade, is a modern day fairytale. They married in 1955 and created art, family, and beauty together until his passing on October 5, 2014. Although we all continue to mourn the passing of a true Renaissance Man, it is inspiring to know...
These days black women are experiencing a shining bright spotlight on television. Of course production powerhouse, Shonda Rhimes, is leading the charge with cultural phenomenon, Scandal, in which Kerry Washington plays the conflicted and complicated, Olivia Pope. And now Shonda has added How to Get Away...
In its review The New York Times says, But “Keep On Keepin’ On” offers something much richer and more unusual than the biography of an eminent musician. Mr. Terry was a pioneer in jazz education, and his first student was a 12-year-old horn player named Quincy Jones, “so skinny he could ride...
The prestigious Harvard Business School is offering a course on the “Business of Being Beyoncé.” If one wants to examine the methods of building global multimedia empire there is no one better to analyze than Queen Bey herself. Now, HBS isn’t the first institution to add the pop star...
The following is a webisode featuring bonus material from Down the Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story. Please visit www.FenderRhodesStory.com to order a copy of this historic documentary, brought to life through stories and performances from a remarkable cast of music notables. With an insider’s look,...
On August 9, 2014 Michael Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri by Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson. There have been protests, town hall meetings, and autopsies, yet no indictment for the killing of the unarmed teenager. Thankfully, Dr. Birgitta Johnson (@DrBirgittaSays) created a playlist...
Biographies—whether they are represented in books or films—are necessarily selective and reductive. If they weren’t we’d be subjected to 1000-page books or five-hour long movies on a single subject. And even then it would be impossible to capture all the nuance of a life, especially those...
Musiqology is very pleased to introduce to our audience K. Shackleford. She is a jazz enthusiast who enjoys writing about the connection between jazz and spirituality. K. Shackleford is a graduate of Duke Divinity School and she lives in North Carolina. Please also take some time to check out her interview...
Tomorrow Musiqology will join our Managing Editor, Fredara M. Hadley (@fredaraMareva) and for the second installment of Jooksi University. This month’s topic? Straight No Chaser: A No Nonsense Conversation about Jazz. We’re going to dive right into the aspects of race, gender, and innovation...
About six years ago on a golf outing in South Jersey it was my good fortune to be paired with a guy I’d never met—a leftie with a long drive and an uncanny ability to get out of trouble on the course, which was mostly a result of his “going for it.” I noticed he […]
