SEATTLE — A powerful new exhibit at Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture is amplifying the sounds and stories of African American musical legends, including Seattle native Jimi Hendrix. The exhibit, titled ...

Born from the spirituals, work songs, and field hollers of African American communities in the Deep South, blues music gave ...

John F. Kennedy, the man and the myth -- JFK says I've got to go -- Twistin' out in space -- The welfare turns its back on you -- March on, Dr. Martin Luther King -- The day the world stood still ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 13th annual Eastside Kings Festival is set for this weekend. More than 20 bands and artists will play across five venues in historic east Austin on Saturday and Sunday. Eastside ...

Describing Vanessa Collier, one can use several of descriptors: singer, songwriter, saxophonist, guitarist and bandleader. The multitalented artist will perform Saturday night at World Records in Part ...

Ryan Coogler's latest film, "Sinners," a spicy cinematic gumbo of African American folk tale, painful racial history and vampire horror starring Michael B. Jordan, has bolted out of the box-office ...

When The North Mississippi Allstars recorded their first album, Shake Hands with Shorty, they were wet behind the ears and wore their Mississippi Hill Country blues and Memphis blues proudly on their ...

The National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) will present "Jubilation! Ambassadors on a Sacred Journey," an exhibit celebrating the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The exhibit, opening May 10th in ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to jazz musician Sherman Irby about his new show at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, "Birth of the Blues," exploring the origin of the blues and its continued ...