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
It’s a new day in black music research! One of the reasons I say this is that the field was once anchored in the academy. The scholars who researched the history and present of black music were primarily concerned with sharing the result with an academic audience through traditional channels and platforms. ...
We’re happy to continue our music critics series with a feature on the writer Rashod Ollison (@RashodOllison). I learned about his work in social media, and it’s been a great pleasure to read. What I find compelling about Ollison’s work is that he holds a classic “beat”...
In a letter to the editor of the journal The Black Perspective in Music, George Russell (1923-2009), an African American musician identified as both a composer and teacher in the publication, expressed his displeasure with the title given an interview he had granted. It was published in Spring of 1974. ...
[su_pullquote]When I die, the consciousness I carry I will to black people. May they pick me apart and take the useful parts, the sweet meat of my feelings. And leave the bitter bullshit rotten white parts alone. — Amiri Baraka[/su_pullquote] “What’s happening, man?,” B would say with genuine...
[su_pullquote]When I die, the consciousness I carry I will to black people. May they pick me apart and take the useful parts, the sweet meat of my feelings. And leave the bitter bullshit rotten white parts alone. – Amiri Baraka [/su_pullquote]- The January 9, 2014 passing of Amiri Baraka, the great...
I’ll admit it. Saying goodbye to summer’s reprieve is always a shock to the system, but as a hopeless academic, the fall has always been a great time of year. It means a new academic startup, meeting new students, new materials to learn and teach, and, always, always a fresh outlook on familiar...
For cultural adventurers like us, summer is when routine pressures relax a bit, and we find time to pull it in–catch up with reading, summer concerts, new recordings and with one another. During a recent conversation with Musiqology’s managing editor, Dr. Fredara Hadley (our favorite resident...
We are happy to announce the launch of the newly revamped Musiqology.com! Our team has worked tirelessly the past few weeks to think through our mission while listening to you, our great readers. We’re thrilled to share our new look and to work even harder to make Musiqology your reliable and enjoyable...
The words in the title are taken from Robert Hayden’s poem “Frederick Douglass,” which was written as the movement called “Black Consciousness” defined African American cultural nationalism in the mid-1960s. In it Douglass envisions “a world where none is lonely, none hunted, alien . . . ” This,...
It’s challenging to understand the meaning of slavery in American society even for the most prepared undergraduate student. While most know something about the institution—it’s horrors in particular—for many, it’s difficult to get a grip on how much it’s impacted the contemporary world. ...
