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 about bringing the Colored Waiting Room to the legendary Blue Note Jazz Club this Friday at 11:45pm—the late night groove set. Inviting new musicians into the mix is one of the great things I’ve loved about Dr. Guy’s MusiQology since starting this thing ten years ago. Meet the new MusiQologists...
Lecture 2: Exceptional Errors Something was terribly wrong among the black Methodists in the early 19th century. In 1819, John F. Watson, a disapproving minister, published a diatribe called Methodist Error: Or Friendly Christian Advice to those Methodists Who Indulge in Extravagant Emotions and Bodily...
Well, I guess it’s “all in” for the next semester and a new year for Musiqology. We hope you like our new look. But don’t think we’re “all front and no back” because we’ve got big plans afoot about content, so please stay tuned musiqologists! It was stunning this summer to read Langston...
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...
It’s here! This week on Friday, January 20 we will release the first single from the CD The Colored Waiting Room! This event will be a free download for a limited time only. Let’s call it Free Follow Friday. The song is an arrangement of Oliver Nelson’s classic piece “Stolen Moments.” ...
The following comprises an overview about my new album, The Colored Waiting Room, which will be released next month. In the coming weeks, we’ll release a series of film vignettes about the project and some of the musicians and production crew involved in the project on various social media platforms...
During Black Music Month 2011 I published some thoughts on a range of historical topics spanning a couple of centuries of black music making in the United States. I began with a small June 1 post about trumpeter Roy Hargrove on my Facebook page. That exercise grew into a challenge to share something...
The Clifford Brown Jazz Festival in Wilmington, Delaware is one of the largest free festivals of its kind on the east coast. Lineups always impress: the musicians play leisurely sets, and many prepare special shows–not just blowing standards–as they tour their latest efforts. Wilmington...
It’s instructive to look back sometimes and try to understand the who, what, when, where, and how that got you here—and more interesting still to consider the “what is keeping me wherever here is.” I think about it a lot. On planet musicology there are many divisions available to anyone invested...
Black Music Month, Day #19 As a young father raising three active kids clustered close in age, one needed survival techniques. Life was messy, challenging, and rewarding–all that good stuff. But I knew where to get help, where I always got it: music. I wrote a song or a chant for every kid occasion:...
