Created in collaboration with the V&A East Museum, this special playlist soundtracks The Music is Black exhibition, a ...

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Since the late ’70s, the bassist has worked to map a musical route that mirrored the trans-Atlantic slave trade and birthed nearly all of American popular music.

Black music has made up 80% of the UK’s recorded music revenue over the past three decades, new figures show. The report, by industry body UK Music, examined the cultural and commercial impact black ...

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 20: (L-R) Miles Caton, Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson perform onstage during the 39th annual American Cinematheque Awards Honoring Michael B. Jordan at The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “My biggest goal was just wanting to make sure that artists of color had a platform where they could go, where they felt ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black music has always been more than entertainment. It is a living record of pain, passion, love, and triumph passed down through ...

To celebrate Black History Month, World Cafe correspondent John Morrison has been bringing you a weekly series on the music of the African Diaspora. For the last installment of the series, Morrison ...

As part of these celebrations, the team behind Mastermind have put together a quiz about black British music, featuring ...