Jul 7, 2025 | Arts + Culture, Music
Black Music Month has long been a time to celebrate the achievements, activism and work of Black creatives of every genre. From country and gospel to jazz and rhythm and blues, the indelible mark made by Black artists can never be forgotten. Still today, we pay...
Jun 16, 2025 | Arts + Culture, History, Music
OperaCréole will present “Songs of Victory”, a concert celebrating Edmond Dédé’s “Morgiane”, the oldest known opera by a Black American. The event will feature performances by Lindsey Reynolds, Givonna Joseph, and others. More From NPR
Mar 10, 2025 | Entertainment, Music
Samples continue to be a huge part of our current music culture. Some of the biggest artists in the world have used them to create incredible hit records that have gone on to become classics in their own right. Kendrick Lamar and Mustard did this with the record “Not...
Mar 10, 2025 | Entertainment, History, Music, Women
The Grammy-winning soprano Karen Slack will give the third annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Recital at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater. “African Queens,” presented and co-commissioned by Washington Performing Arts, is about as ambitious as a recital could get:...
Feb 3, 2025 | Entertainment, Music
For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled with a collective sense the audience was about to witness history. They were the first to hear composer Edmond Dédé’s opera “Morgiane” – the...
