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(Black PR Wire) NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ESSENCE Festival of Culture, the country’s largest festival based on per day attendance, is heating up its already star-...
Photos: NJPAC
(Newark- New Jersey, April 26, 2022) Jamaica’s most prolific crooner Beres Hammond returns to NJPAC with his new tour on Saturday, August 13th, at 8 PM. The Grammy-nominated...
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New York, NY — April 18, 2022 — The 92nd Street Y, one of New York’s leading cultural venues, presents the Gateways Music...
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On Sunday April 24 at 3:00PM, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra—comprised entirely of professional classical musicians of African descent—makes their...
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Reggae group The Mighty Diamonds’ lead vocalist Donald “Tabby” Shaw, 67, has been killed in a drive-by shooting in Jamaica.
The shooting, which occurred...
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Beverly Hills, CA – Monday night in Los Angeles, Def Jam Recordings - in partnership with LUCID Motors - hosted a special evening in celebration of Women’s History Month at...
Photo: Twitter
30 years on since Kwaito hit the streets of Soweto before spreading rapidly throughout South Africa, the music genre is sure to be the 'talk of town' for many years and...
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Returning to an in-person format for the first time since 2019, Jazz at Lincoln Center announced today the 27th annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band...
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February 11, 2022: Today, the Seattle-based soul-jazz groove-machine Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio released their new full length Cold As Weiss via Colemine Records. Cold As...
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Gregory Porter will perform live at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday, February 12 for his annual Valentine’s Day concert with Superblue: Kurt Elling featuring...
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Miami Gardens, FL– Jazz in the Gardens (JITG) has announced the 2022 lineup for the 15th anniversary of the incredibly popular jazz and R&B music festival...
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NEW YORK, 2022 – The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) reveals plans to celebrate this year’s Black History Month with an interactive social media...
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(Newark, New Jersey, January 31, 2022) New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Grammy Award-Winning Supergroup Earth, Wind & Fire on Tuesday, February 1, and...
The Brooklyn-based Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation has announced It Was All a Dream: A Musical, the launch of their 20th anniversary celebration, commemorating twenty years of dance, education...
Photo: 92nd Street Y
New York, NY — December 9, 2021 — The 92nd Street Y, one of New York’s leading cultural venues, announced its spring classical concert season today.
With 18...
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