Join us on a musical journey through Black history, celebrating the evolution of spirituals, blues, jazz, soul, and hip-hop, ...

While jazz is more improvisational, the blues is focused on guitar and lyrics. Meanwhile, the blues and the electric guitar would pave the way for Black American musicians to invent rock ‘n’ roll.

Every week for Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison is highlighting a different maverick of Black ...

Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...

Purnell Steen walks us through the city's jazz lineage as Dazzle prepares its programming for Black History Month.

including a stint touring in the Phil Collins’ Big Band Jazz Tour. She has continued to release music and tour in the decades since. The impact of Black musicians in Washington’s music scene ...

For one night only, celebrate music stars Phyllis Hyman and Michael Henderson at Black Spectrum Theatre with a pre-Valentine dinner and performances by jazz and R&B greats Norman Connors and ...

The U.S. Postal Service today celebrated the iconic New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint (1938-2015) as the 48th honoree in ...

He seamlessly blended elements of R&B, funk, soul and jazz ... music and his legacy continues to inspire. The stamp features a photograph of Toussaint at the piano, elegantly dressed in black ...