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Black Music Month is Here! (Video)
The month of June is Black Music Month and we want to celebrate it with identifying new, upcoming, and undiscovered talents that we think enhance black music. Some of our most coveted treasures in the realm of black music is Stevie Wonder, Prince, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, [...]
Continue reading...Unidentified Rapper/Singer Performs from Porch Needs Record Deal (Video)
Thursday, January 17, 2013
There’s a lot of talent out there that American Idol will never see. It’s not commercial talent that can be branded easy. It is raw, uncut, and at times may even offend. There’s an unidentified rapper/singer whose video we found circulating on Facebook tells the truth of where he is in his life with a [...]
Continue reading...Black History Month Salutes: Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)
Monday, February 14, 2011
Singer. Born Ella Jane Fitzgerald on April 25, 1917 in Newport News, Virginia. After a troubled childhood, including the death of her mother in 1932, Fitzgerald turned to singing and debuted at the Apollo Theater in 1934 at age 17. She was discovered in an amateur contest in Harlem and joined Chick Webb’s band and [...]
Continue reading...Stevie Wonder Officially A National Treasure
Thursday, February 26, 2009
President Obama is “the man” on so many different levels, but there is one new reason that puts him over the top. Stevie Wonder was honored by Library of Congress and President Obama with the highest ranking American music honor, the Gershwin award. Stevie Wonder has long been a national treasure for the black community [...]
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Monday, June 3, 2013
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