by NMAAM | Dec 30, 2020 | Blog
Editor’s Note: Guest Editor Panama Jackson has hand-selected a group of acclaimed writers to curate this special series of personal narratives celebrating Black music, in preparation for the National Museum of African American Music’s January 2021 opening. In the...
by NMAAM | Dec 21, 2020 | Blog
Editor’s Note: Guest Editor Panama Jackson has hand-selected a group of acclaimed writers to curate this special series of personal narratives celebrating Black music, in preparation for the National Museum of African American Music’s January 2021 opening. You don’t...
by NMAAM | Dec 18, 2020 | Blog
Editor’s Note: Guest Editor Panama Jackson has hand-selected a group of acclaimed writers to curate this special series of personal narratives celebrating Black music, in preparation for the National Museum of African American Music’s January 2021 opening....
by NMAAM | Dec 14, 2020 | Blog
Editor’s Note: Guest Editor Panama Jackson has hand-selected a group of acclaimed writers to curate this special series of personal narratives celebrating Black music, in preparation for the National Museum of African American Music’s January 2021 opening. I remember...
by NMAAM Staff | Dec 12, 2020 | Blog
GRAMMY Award-nominated singer, songwriter, recording artist, and producer Eric Roberson is one of the most widely acclaimed independent artists of our era. Heralded as the “King of Independent Soul/R&B,” this multi-faceted music creator was our guest...
by NMAAM | Dec 11, 2020 | Blog
Editor’s Note: Guest editor Panama Jackson has hand-selected a group of acclaimed writers to curate this special series of personal narratives celebrating Black music, in preparation for the National Museum of African American Music’s January 2021 opening....
by NMAAM Staff | Dec 10, 2020 | Blog
GRAMMY Award-winning blues hero Bobby Rush was our guest for a My Music Matters Artist Chat. Join us as we sat down with this Blues Hall of Fame and Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame inductee to discuss his 7-decade career.
by NMAAM | Dec 7, 2020 | Blog
It wasn’t until college when I truly discovered the richness of Black music. Though I grew up in a Black household and was familiar with all of the necessary music to ensure that I wouldn’t be an embarrassment to my family or community, college is where I really dug...
by NMAAM | Dec 4, 2020 | Blog
In October 1999, Yasiin Bey (going by the moniker Mos Def at the time) released his debut album, Black on Both Sides; it was a hip hop classic upon arrival. The first record on the album—an intro really—“Fear Not Of Man” is largely Mos talking, and then rapping, about...
by NMAAM Staff | Dec 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Paul Kwami has proudly served as musical director of the world-renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers since 1994, and we were honoured to have him as a guest for our My Music Matters Artist Chat. In our interview, we discussed the ensemble’s rich history and its continuing...
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