Now in its 15th year, The Root 100 list is loaded with some of the best and brightest in the Black community in 2024. While ...

These videos also mirror a complex historical pattern of Black musical innovation being embraced and co-opted by mainstream ...

In addition to her commercial success, she was the first Black female solo artist to play the Grand Ole Opry, breaking barriers for Black women in country music. 17 of 20 Beyoncé is a Grammy ...

The Black Music Action Coalition is activating in Georgia to help get out the vote and utilize the power of music "to create ...

Last month, MCR revived the iconic album at the When We Were Young music festival in Las Vegas in October where they performed The Black Parade in full. Since its 2006 release, the concept album has ...

The great Louisville punk band Coliseum went on indefinite hiatus in 2015, and frontman Ryan Patterson started a new project ...

Quincy got to know all types of music — Stravinsky, samba, Santeria — but especially Black music. He lived it and he breathed ...

The historical significance of Black popular music in American culture is powerful. Even former President Jimmy Carter dedicated a month to African American music appreciation beginning in 1979.

My Chemical Romance will perform their beloved 2006 album, "The Black Parade," in full during a 10-date North American tour.

My problem is the deep-seated exclusions in and around country music that determine who gets the opportunity to share those stories. It's an arguable point to say that if Jelly Roll were a Black ...

August Wilson's Seven Guitars at City Lit sings a story of redemption through community, set in a Black boardinghouse.