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
Grammys award season is upon us and I think this is a great time to ask which narratives are we following this Grammy season? It’s the time of year where we rehash the virtues (or lack thereof) of those nominated. We repost our think pieces about why an artist should not have been snubbed or is […]
After several months in court, an eight person jury decided that their hit, “Blurred Lines” does infringe on the copyright of Marvin Gaye’s composition “Got to Give it Up.” The 2013 hit song grossed $16.6M and the Gaye family sought over $25M. Read more at Variety. ...
The phenom that is Empire is taking the nation by storm. It’s being called a “hip-hop drama,” but it’s so much more. Empire is producing music that climbs the charts and has a breakout character named “Cookie.” Although in one episode we witnessed a real life...
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...
For Birgitta Johnson and Treva Lindsey, Critics-At-Large I don’t remember having many TV shows that I watched obsessively after I became an adult. TV was mostly for those times when I was broke, lonely, bored or any combination of these. There was Saturday Night Live (no money/no date); the afternoon...
I, Patriarch (or So Long, Cliff and Claire) Editor’s note: The artwork is in this post is used by the generous permission of artist, Elizabeth Axtman. Please learn more about her and visit her work at ElizabethAxtman.com. I’ve been struggling watching Bill Cosby’s reputation get lampooned...
On this day 45 years ago the very first episode of Sesame Street aired. On the show, music and art are placed on the same pedestal as reading and arithmetic. So in tribute to the longest-running children’s television show, we’re sharing three of our favorite Sesame Street moments. Enjoy!...
In August 2013 Pharrell and Robin Thicke filed a pre-emptive lawsuit essentially asking the judge to rule “declaratory relief that “Blurred Lines” was non-infringing, painting the defendant as attempting to claim ownership of an entire genre.” This prompted the Gaye family to respond...
T-Pain shocks the internet when he dropped his episode of NPR’s celebrated Tiny Desk Concert Series. T-Pain, real name Faheem Rasheed Najm, was the king of auto-tuned singing throughout the early 2000s. He created multiple hits for himself and artists including, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Akon....
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...
