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 music world lost a giant of a musician and mentor last week. His playing was an amalgam of jazz styles–all joyful and beautiful executed. Clark Terry never sacrificed feeling with his stunning technique. He will be missed. Please read more about Clark Terry’s legacy.
This past Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, talented Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Jen Chapin released a timely offering, “Gospel.” Please enjoy and follow her at JenChapin.com.
Last week Epic Records announced a new joint venture with Janelle Monáe called, Wondaland Records. Longtime Janelle Monáe fans are familiar with the “Wondaland” moniker, it’s the artistic engine, led by musicians Chuck Lightning and Nate Wonder, that propelled Monáe to six Grammy...
Black Messiah, Part 1 by Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. These are, in fact, the times that try (wo)men’s souls. But there’s always “a word.” I came across this way of talking about weary days and keeping hope through my affiliation with black Methodists, Baptist and Pentecostal churches of the late 20th...
Darnell Moore (@moore_darnell) is a Musiqology Advisory Board Member and Co-Founder of the You Belong Initiative. Jazmine Sullivan’s third LP, Reality Show, is a combination of gritty lyricism and hypnotizing vocals. Her swoon-inducing sound combines the unearthly musicality found in the most...
Showtime is airing a brand new documentary on music great, Roberta Flack. The film, Roberta Flack: Killing Me Softly, features commentary from Ms. Flack and Dionne Warwick, as well as scholars such as Jason King, Greg Tate, Imani Perry, and Musiqology Managing Editor, Fredara M. Hadley. The documentary...
That Professor Dorsey’s “Precious Lord,” a song that one could call (in Prof. Jennifer C. Lena’s words) a “genre ideal” of gospel, is, today, the site of an industry vs. fans controversy is pretty damn cool. We have access to instant ethnography in social media. So hot reactions...
Bronx resident Lawrence “Improv!?” Ferrell (@prov_sez) is a writer, producer, engineer, and former spoken word artist during the Love Jones Era. Mr. Ferrell’s work can be found on Couch Sessions as well as IWriteToKeepSane. You can also hear his voice on Jooksi Radio. On February 8th, the National...
Lysa Cooper (@LysaCooper) is a veteran stylist who has helped give Black popular music its visual identity by working with megastars such as Mary J. Blige and Beyoncé. Despite her success, she (literally) strips down as she discusses a wide range of subjects including how difficult it was to convince...
It’s February, which means this is Black History Month. This is the period in which we celebrate the accomplishments of the past, while paying close attention to where we are now, in the hopes of shaping a better future. This past Sunday, Hot 97, New York’s largest hip hop station, featured...
