so portraits of African American musicians, much like other markers of status that were long denied to people of color in European-controlled territories, serve as a cultural acknowledgment of their ...

Debuting on May 10 and remaining on display throughout the summer, the 2,500-square-foot exhibition will open in Nashville ...

The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

The city of Nashville embodies more than just country music, and nowhere is this more apparent than at the National Museum of African American Music. Opened in 2021, the museum aims to educate ...

Musicians of the African American Composer Initiative ... Among musical traditions that inform McGhee’s art today are classical, romantic and folk music. Besides Still’s compositions, the ...

African American & Diaspora Studies is available as an undergraduate major or minor through the College of Arts & Sciences ... African American Music, U.S. Women of Color and more. Distinguished ...

The American musical art form jazz emerges ... including African and African American, religious, brass band, and blues styles. The improvisational music that results has a syncopated rhythm ...