Delta Slim, an elder blues man played by Delroy Lindo, tells the story of his friend who was castrated and lynched, he begins ...

Percival Everett’s novel “James,” his radical re-imagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of ...

Robbie Williams on success, cocaine, trauma — and finally growing up ...

It took more than 90 years for William Levi Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony to be performed again on the Carnegie Hall stage, ...

Anthony Davis blends jazz and truth to reshape opera with stories from Black history and powerful modern themes.

Third Coast Percussion expands horizons for what a percussion ensemble can do. The group plays UW's Meany Center on May 3.

The Gateways Music Festival makes its powerful return to New York City from April 24–27, spotlighting the transformative artistry of Black classical musicians. Following its kickoff in Rochester, the ...

Discovering composers and musicians like Justin Holland—a 19th-century Black classical guitarist, pianist, flutist, and ...

Rochester, N.Y. — A celebration of Black classical artistry is underway in Rochester. The Gateways Music Festival made its ...

On Sunday, April 22, they’ll pair some of Zappa’s classical works with those of the 20th century composers who most influenced him. “Number one is Edgard Varèse,” Jayce Ogren, Artistic Director of ...

He was often referred to as ‘The Black Mozart,’ as he was the first classical composer of African descent to attain praise and plaudits in the world of European music, both for his fearless ...

The nationally renowned Chickasaw classical composer's "American Indian Symphony" is composed in six movements representing six cultural regions of Native North America, with music sung in six ...