by NMAAM | Jun 28, 2015 | Blog, News
Oh Baltimore, Ain’t it hard just to live? The absence of Black musical support for contemporary social movements Sydney Johnson Last month Jazmine Sullivan’s dynamic cover of Nina Simone’s “Baltimore” hit the web. Slated to appear on the soundtrack of...
by NMAAM | Jun 24, 2015 | Blog, News
“On & On”: Erykah Badu and Neo-soul Marcus C. Shepard When Erykah Badu first appeared on BET’s Planet Groove in 1997 to promote her then forthcoming debut album Baduizm, it was clear that a shift in the musical landscape had arrived. Through her interview with...
by Toya Haynes | Jun 17, 2015 | Blog, Music, News
The First Time I Heard…TLC By Toya Haynes Confession: I was a little late to jump on the TLC bandwagon. I don’t mean I-wasn’t –a-fan-until-“No Scrubs”-came-out late because that would just be criminal. I mean I wasn’t quite ready for the in your face feminism and...
by NMAAM | Jun 15, 2015 | Blog, Music, News
Rhythm & Views: Is Black Music Month still necessary? Levon Williams Well, that is a pretty disingenuous question considering my job and the institution for which I work, right? True. Theoretically, The National Museum of African American Museum’s mission could...
by NMAAM | Jun 9, 2015 | Blog, News
D’Angelo’s “Second Coming” Marcus C. Shepard Last night, I had the pleasure of witnessing the “second coming” of D’Angelo during The Second Coming Tour when it touched down in Los Angeles at Club Nokia. Fresh off of this leg’s first show in...
