In May 1956, jazz great Louis Armstrong was at the center of a dance party that would become one of the greatest crossover moments across the Atlantic Ocean.
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First look: National Museum of African American Music unveils collection | Tennessean
Construction is well underway on the Downtown Nashville complex that will eventually house the National Museum of African American Music, scheduled to open in 2019.
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Aretha Franklin’s Revolution | The Atlantic
The soul singer was an architect of the civil-rights movement as much as a witness to it.
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Aretha Franklin, the legendary Queen of Soul, is dead at 76 | Vox
Celebrating the joyful legacy of a musical icon.
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#MuteRKelly Co-Founder Discusses Campaign’s Success, Backlash | Colorlines
“This has never been about censoring his music. It’s about his behavior.”
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Prince Estate Inks Deal to Distribute 35 Classic Albums | Colorlines
A new deal will allow fans to reconnect with nearly three dozen albums from Prince’s catalog.
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‘They put us in a little box’: how racial tensions shape modern soul music | The Guardian
While white Americana singers have infused more soul into their sound, black artists such as Leon Bridges still feel restricted by limited expectations
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‘A new room in the Great Pyramid’: lost 1963 John Coltrane album discovered | The Guardian
An album of previously unheard original compositions by the legendary jazz saxophonist has been discovered, 55 years after its recording
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Jalal Mansur Nuriddin: farewell to the ‘grandfather of rap’ | The Guardian
As the founder of the Last Poets, Nuriddin, who has died aged 73, was a hero to everyone from Tupac Shakur to Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis
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The Historical Roots of Blues Music | Black Perspectives
The beginnings of the blues can be traced to the late 1860s, arguably the most vicious and violent period in the United States.
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