Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

I dance on the couch, my feet sinking in and out of the springy pillows. I can’t help myself. I let my body move to the voice ...

It’s August 28, 1963 — the March on Washington ... Marian Anderson, Mahalia Jackson, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary, Odetta and The Freedom Singers sang spirituals, freedom songs and folk ...

Bob Dylan and Mahalia Jackson). “Was it possible, I began to wonder, that I could simply follow my heart, go where the songs wanted to go, rather than chasing what was popular or fashionable?” ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The busy month of February has arrived, and it’s filled with fantastic events around the Super Bowl, Valentine’s Day, Carnival, and much more. There’s lots to do this ...

Ledisi has released 11 albums and played Mahalia Jackson in the 2014 film "Selma," which was nominated for Best Picture at the 2014 Academy Awards. Kendrick Lamar is a rapper who is set to perform ...

In celebration of what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.'s 96th birthday, pianist Lara Downes examines how musicians ...

(After King’s death, Jackson included the song on her album “Mahalia Jackson Sings the Best-Loved Hymns of Martin Luther King Jr.) “The song,” Howard says, “resonated with Dr. King.

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