Revisiting the 1969 album 'The Spice Of Life' by Marlena Shaw, which captured the zeitgeist of the 1960s with its expansive sound and political activism.

Nickel Boys adaptation explores the dark story of Elwood Curtis. How does the film's bold approach measure up to the Colson Whitehead novel?

A fter a few days touring around America’s Deep South, you realise that music is everywhere, and the sheer variety of it ...

I grew up in an American apartheid,” he said. “Every aspect of my life was dictated by race.” He not only lived through but participated in the civil rights movement. The strange part, really, is that ...

Lane Nichols takes a luxury cruise down the mighty Mississippi River and falls in love with New Orleans jazz music, Delta blues and the deep South.

The "Cowboy Carter Chronicles" explores the themes of Black resilience and freedom through Beyoncé's reimagining of "Blackbird" on her album.

Lane Nichols takes a luxury cruise down the mighty Mississippi River and falls in love with New Orleans jazz music, Delta ...

The older son, named for his father, is the more obviously wayward. Raised to uphold Solomon’s political legacy, Junior ...

When you think of jazz hubs in the South, New Orleans is probably the first place that comes to mind, right? But believe it or not, Jacksonville was actually one of the first major jazz hubs in the ...

An Inc. 5000 founder, Judi Sheppard Missett practically invented the women’s workout movement. Four decades later, she's ...

Each of the three movements of Bonds’ “Spiritual Suite” quotes an African-American spiritual — “The Valley of the Bones,” based on “Dry Bones”; “The Bells,” based on “Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells”; and ...

What is the sound of being ghosted after going through a job interview? According to the prog-rock band KADAWA, it’s the crisp, complex rhythms, slashing riffs, and soaring major key guitar solo of ...