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Alvin Ailey: Breaking Barriers in the Dance World
Dance provides a unique form for people to express themselves. This outlet allows millions of people worldwide to share their feelings…
Raquel Sobczak
May 3, 2019
The music that makes D.C.: Go-go
Go-go is a distinctive musical style developed in the capital of the United States, Washington D.C., and has influenced the capital since…
Kekuta Bah
May 3, 2019
Let’s Get Fawnky!
Let’s Get Fawnky!
As Funk reached the end of the 1970’s and breached the 1980’s, music technology was on the rise and Funk itself was beginning to fuse with…
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May 3, 2019
Women and Rock
when rock was in it infancy it was a white male dominated art form, whose proprietor’s had no intention of sharing the banquet. however…
Nikulas Schobitz
May 3, 2019
Hope for the Future: The Story of Detroit Techno and Strings of Life
The roots of techno have always been somewhat murky. If one were to mention techno, people’s minds would automatically go to European…
Andrew Obeng
May 3, 2019
The Insight to Etta James and the Blues
Individual identity was most important in blues because in order to get respect and acknowledgement women deserved they had to stand out…
Jazz Lilliston
May 3, 2019
Gospel at its Finest: Through the Eyes of the Community
In order to unbiasedly address the industry of gospel music and its current influence, it is important to take into account the origin of…
Natasha Williams: The Class
May 3, 2019
AfroPunk: Epitome of Black Musical Resistance
Cipher’s ‘Protoculture’
William Bower
May 2, 2019
Blacks in Opera: How They Have Changed History For The Better
Since the 1500s, opera had been sung professionally by non-black people. Up until the 1800s, blacks started performing professionally in…
Julia Reznikov
May 3, 2019
What Makes Public Enemy #1?
Public Enemy is a Hip-Hop group that lived to challenge the prevailing systems that we operate by, and did so through Chuck D’s unwavering…
Kavante Green
Apr 26, 2019
A Jazzy Ending: an inside look at Mary Lou Williams unique journey to musical fame
Mary Lou Williams was always different than the rest. She had a ear for music and a natural knack for playing the piano. She was exposed…
Savaughna Monteith
Apr 26, 2019
Lauryn Hill: The Top Percentile
Lauryn Hill is one of the most versatile song writers of all time. She used all backgrounds and all walks of music to create her own style…
Steven Alford
Apr 26, 2019
Steppin’ Across Time
Stepping or step-dancing is a form of percussive dance in which the participant’s entire body is used as an instrument to produce complex…
Jamar DdraigDx
May 7, 2019
Hitsville U.S.A
Motown was a recording studio created in “Motor City” Detroit, Michigan reigning from 1959 to 1972. Motown music fused many genres such as…
Jasmine Molock
May 7, 2019
Swing It To Me Sister: The Influence of Women in Jazz
It is not uncommon for women to be unrecognized for their contributions in society. So it is not unusual for people to forget sometimes…
Kentiara Moore
Apr 26, 2019
As history will still live on, the era in which gospel music had it’s first rise to fame will be…
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Brandon Thomas
May 3, 2019
Rights & Music
History books don’t really tell the story for music as if it doesn’t or didn’t have an impact on society in the present and past. James…
Vernon Miller
May 5, 2019
Disco and American Culture
Disco, beat-driven style of popular music that was the preeminent form of music in the 1970s. Its name was derived from discotheque, the…
Anthony Crawley
May 13, 2019
About African Music in the New World
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