This past year was great for singer Pharrell Williams. His song “Happy” secured him Grammy nominations for Best Music Video and Best Pop Solo Performance. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Despite Pharrell’s ubiquity, “Happy” made $2,700 in publisher and songwriter royalties from 43 million Pandora streams in the first quarter of 2014, according to an email from music […]
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The O’Jays Give the People What They Want for the Last Time | Rolling Stone
After a lengthy breaking from recording, the group known for Seventies hits like “Back Stabbers” returned to the studio to make one final album
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Going Beyond Music, Nipsey Hussle Promoted Job Skills and Investments | The Wall Street Journal
Los Angeles recording artist worked to revive his neighborhood and link the inner city with Silicon Valley
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Behind “The Soundtrack of America,” Steve McQueen’s Unique Tribute To African American Music | Forbes
Keryce Chelsi Henry, Forbes Whitten Sabbatini/The New York Times/Redux, Featured Image [dropcap]What[/dropcap] would a timeline of African American music sound like? How would it evolve from, say, slave spirituals to Stevie Wonder, or SZA? How would you demonstrate its breadth and global impact? This week acclaimed visual artist and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen reveals […]
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Nipsey Hussle’s Eritrean American Dream | The Atlantic
The slain rapper, who was known for his investment in his Los Angeles community, also inspired fans and fellow musicians who share his East African heritage.
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Nipsey Hussle’s dreams were bigger than hip-hop | Los Angeles Times
Gerrick D. Kennedy, Los Angeles Times Ermias Davidson Asghedom aka Nipsey Hussle, December 2018 (Prince Williams/Wireimage), Featured Image [dropcap]A[/dropcap] banner of Nipsey Hussle is stretched across an exterior of the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall. It has been there for most of the year and is easy to spot if you’re cruising down the uneven stretch […]
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Violinist Who Made Premiere Recording Of Florence Price Works Comes To Sacramento | Capital Public Radio
Kevin Doherty, Capital Public Radio Courtesy of Er-Gene Kahng. Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] 1933 composer Florence Price became the first African American woman to have her composition premiered by a major American orchestra, the Chicago Symphony. Highly respected during her career, Price’s name and music became increasingly obscure over time. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] That began to change […]
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Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me review – soul star stories | The Guardian
This documentary celebrates the singer’s remarkable return to the stage after a car accident but fails to illuminate the darker corners of the world he lived in.
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Esperanza Spalding Appointed to Harvard’s Music Department Faculty | Harvard University, Music Department
Harvard University, Harvard University, Music Department Photo: Jersean Golatt, Featured Image [dropcap]July[/dropcap] 24, 2017: We are pleased to report that Esperanza Spalding has joined the faculty of the Department of Music at Harvard University as Professor of the Practice, with an appointment beginning July 2017. Spalding will teach a range of courses in songwriting, arranging, […]
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Racism In American South Inspired Gary Clark Jr.’s ‘This Land’ | NPR
Michel Martin, Dustin Desoto & Amanda Morris, NPR [dropcap]A[/dropcap] small moment of anger pushed Grammy-winning artist Gary Clark Jr. to create the unapologetic, seething song “This Land.” [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The singer and guitar prodigy grew up in a place he describes as “right in the middle of Trump country,” in Austin, Texas, where he experienced […]
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