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 GRAMMYs, music’s self-declared “greatest night” will return to TV screens this weekend, airing Sunday on CBS at 8PM. MusiQology managing editor John Vilanova, who’s been hard at work on a PhD dissertation that examines the awards’ record on race throughout their sixty-year history,...
One of our most treasured MusiQology collaborators is poet and performance artist Ursula Rucker, who most recently lent her voice to MusiQ Department artist Bridget Ramsey’s “Save Your Love For Me” single and video. Ursula sat down with MusiQology contributor and Penn undergraduate Izzy Lopez to talk...
We’re still reeling in the MusiQology orbit over the premature passing of trumpeter and boundary-crosser Roy Hargrove. MusiQology band member and director of the Penn Music Department’s jazz combos Matthew Clayton combines an analysis of Hargrove’s impact with personal remembrances as a fellow...
MusiQology’s Shakira King reflects on the deep roots of optimism that set Smino’s trap apart. “Smino’s music is anti-first impressions,” my friend and culture commentator Tirhakah Love said in a recent tweet. It’s trap music, but not like the kind that has taken over the radio and the culture...
Friends, colleagues, and readers: Happy New Year! We’ll be back with more article content the week of January 14, but we wanted to take a minute to encourage you to make space on your calendars for an exciting performance announcement featuring our leader, Dr. Guy, and the MusiQology band alongside...
As we begin our holiday/winter break, we wanted to take a second wish our readership and larger MusiQology community for a year full of engagement and support of our little corner of the Internet. It’s been a year of firsts and debuts for the MusiQology team, and we are so grateful to have an online...
In the wake of Nancy Wilson’s sad passing this past week at the age of 81, Dr. Guy discusses the iconic singer’s cultural importance, style, and sound. After a lifelong listening relationship culminating with the recent release of Bridget Ramsey’s “Save Your Love for Me”...
Recently, we told you about a set of new and exciting releases from our imprint, The MusiQ Department, from our artists Vince Anthony and Bridget Ramsey. We’re tremendously honored to highlight another release from Bridget Ramsey, the warm, dynamic, Philly-centered music video for her interpretation...
In January of this year, Nielsen announced that, for the first time, R&B/hip-hop had become the most-consumed genre of music among U.S. consumers, evidence to back up what the radio, the club, and the blogosphere had been telling us for quite some time: Hip-hop was not outsider music on the music...
We’re so proud to announce a spate of new releases from our imprint, The MusiQ Department. The first is an EP titled Jazz Nonstandards by Bridget Ramsey, which offers new and exciting twists on the jazz repertoire. The second is a layered and thoughtful single by Vince Anthony titled “Hurricane.”...
