Clarinetist Berginald Rash explores what it means to be Black and queer in classical music, from racism and microaggressions ...

Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...

There's no question that Black artists have played a pivotal role in shaping every genre of music known and loved today. When asked the question “What is Black music?” many complexities and layers ...

Black history has never moved in silence; it’s marched, chanted, and sung through generations of resistance, pride, and unapologetic joy. Black power music serves as cultural documentation and ...

Make music even if nobody buys it. That’s the idea behind Black Music History… before the market, a talk on the third floor ...