The fundamental elements of African American music were the sounds of enslaved Africans; cries, hollers, call and response, additive rhythms, bent notes, hand-clapping, stomps and constant ...

Tasting Notes Charleston will showcase the works of all African American composers at an event that will match the music to a three-course meal with wine pairings. The chamber event series will ...

Local country artist Michael Warren credits Black people for creating the music so many people love and enjoy today. "Black ...

Then, one day about five years ago, Malley stumbled across some research that traced the roots of American blues music back to West African Muslim ... to the bending of notes, were not relics ...

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the American musical mainstream, creating popular new American music genres ...

Harris told Blavity that African-American music is an important part of the creative narrative of the country. “Our nation has an indelible soundtrack, songs that have become anthems recognized ...

Southern Appalachian music has been telling the story of the people in East Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains for centuries. African American ... musician to play notes depending on finger ...

That's where WHAS11’s Doug Proffitt sat down with music historian Michael Jones, overlooking the city's original riverfront rooftops that became the birthplace of the city's African American ...