Samara Joy is set to receive the Ella Fitzgerald Award at the 2025 Montreal Jazz Festival on June 28 at Maison symphonique, ...

Explore the catalog of “The First Lady of Song” with tracks chosen by Valerie June, Yaya Bey, Imani Perry and 13 more writers and musicians.

Grammy-winning Samara Joy is set to receive the Ella Fitzgerald Award at the 2025 Montreal Jazz Festival, honoring her ...

Beloved for her role as Kizzy on the history-making series Roots, Leslie Uggams, now 82, has been making audiences laugh, cry ...

If you haven’t yet made Hetty Lui McKinnon’s crispy gnocchi with tomato and red onion, the first weekend of Actual Summer is ...

This editorial originally ran in fellow CNHI paper the Tahlequah, Oklahoma,. Those of a certain age will remember commercials in the ‘70s and ‘80s featuring the late, great Ella Fitzgerald: “Is it ...

The restored Eldorado Ballroom in Houston’s Third Ward now hosts music, art, and community events, honoring its Black ...

Ella Fitzgerald is one of the most iconic and celebrated jazz vocalists of all time, but she was known to dabble in rock ‘n’ roll every now and then, too. As rock music became increasingly ...

New Jersey was the last Northern state to abolish slavery, but Black settlements helped the enslaved find freedom long before ...

His prom date, Julie London, had a big hit with his immortal torch song, and he also penned “Sing a Rainbow,” “He Needs Me” ...

WELL, EACH JUNE, GENRES THAT BLACK ARTISTS HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO ARE CELEBRATED FOR BLACK MUSIC MONTH. WVTM 13 S MYA CALEB JOINS US LIVE THIS MORNING FROM THE ALABAMA JAZZ MUSIC HALL ...