Vy Higginsen's award-winning Sing Harlem choir will perform in Season 17 of 'America's Got Talent' on July 19, 2022.
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The Harlem Music Legend Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, 1904 – 1946
Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, February 1, 1904 – July 20, 1946, was an American trombonist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
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Join The Inaugural ‘Juneteenth Honors’ Celebration With Harlem’s Doug E. Fresh And Many Others
The Juneteenth Foundation announced today that FOX SOUL, the Black community's premiere free streaming platform, will exclusively air the inaugural Juneteenth Honors celebration, televised music and awards show to commemorate Juneteenth.
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Monica, Keith Sweat, Isley Brothers And SWV Take Over The Prudential Center In New Jersey
SJ Presents The Mother’s Day Good Music Festival with multi-platinum and Grammy Award-Winning iconic performers, The Isley Brothers, Keith Sweat, Monica, and SWV.Continue reading
Props: WHATUPRG Speaks To “KIDS” Held At The Border With New Single And Video!
“New Hollywood is a place where you don’t have to have to act, you can just be yourself,” shares Reach Records artist, WHATUPRG, about his forthcoming album of the same name!Continue reading
The Legendary Harlem Rhythm-And-Blues And Swing Bandleader Lucius Venable “Lucky” Millinder, 1910 – 1966
Lucius Venable "Lucky" Millinder, August 8, 1910 – September 28, 1966, was a Harlem rhythm-and-blues and swing bandleader.Continue reading
Hip Hip Hooray, Celebrating Chick Corea At Jazz At Lincoln Center And You’re Invited!
Following postponement due to the Omicron surge in January, Jazz at Lincoln Center will honor the music and legacy of late jazz icon Chick Corea in Rose Theater on April 15–16 at 8:00 p.m. with Celebrating Chick Corea. Continue reading
Maverick City Music To Perform On 64th GRAMMY Awards With Hopefully No Slapping This Sunday
Five-time GRAMMY-nominated supergroup Maverick City Music will continue to make history when they perform at the 64th GRAMMY® Awards.Continue reading
Oscar Winner ‘Summer Of Soul’ To Screen For Free At SummerStage 2022 Opening Season
Congratulations are in order for the documentary Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), which won Best Documentary at last night's Academy Awards 2022!Continue reading
“The Black Beatles” Are The Real Thing In Documentary That Opens New AfroPoP Season
Season 14 of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange opens on Monday, April 4, 2022, with the “other lads from Liverpool,” the pioneering soul and funk band The Real Thing.Continue reading
Harlem’s Malcolm Merriweather Premieres Music By Civil Rights Composer Margaret Bonds
Hailed as “one of the great amateur choruses of our time (New York Today) for its “full-bodied sound and suppleness (The New York Times),” The Dessoff Choirs continues its season celebrating African American composer Margaret Bonds (1913-1972).Continue reading
BKCM Announces 2nd Year Of Jazz Leaders Fellowship For Musicians From Harlem To Hollis
Midway through a successful inaugural year, the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (BKCM) is thrilled to announce that applications are open through May 15, 2022, for the second year of the Jazz Leaders Fellowship (JLF) program. Continue reading
Harlem’s Reri Grist, A Trailblazing Global Soprano Superstar Who Worked With Ossie, Oscar, Eartha, And Many More1932 –
Reri Grist, born February 29, 1932, is an American coloratura soprano, one of the trailblazing Harlem vocalists to enjoy a major international career in opera.Continue reading
The Gardens Of Harlem, An Album By Trailblazing, Multi-Instrumentalist And Composer Clifford Thornton, 1974 (Video)
The Gardens of Harlem is an album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Clifford Thornton.Continue reading
Jazz at Lincoln Center Premieres Journey Through Jazz: Fundamentals With Wynton Marsalis
This month, Jazz at Lincoln Center and Managing and Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis will launch Journey Through Jazz: Fundamentals, a new concert event created and hosted by Marsalis.Continue reading