Article Category: BlackMusic

  • Jill Scott and the Poetry of Everyday Black Life

    Some artists make music. Others create a feeling so distinct that the moment their voice enters a room, people recognize themselves inside the song. For more than two decades, Jill Scott has done exactly that.

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  • Songstress Superstars: Honoring their Pain and Passions

    Billie Holiday, Chaka Khan, Mary J. Blige, Natalie Cole, Phyllis Hyman, and Whitney Houston. Spanning generations and genres, these phenomenal songstress with crossover adulation shared more in common than their superstar status. All fought the demons of addiction; some to their demise, others to their recovery and rise. Commemorating Black Music Month, we unerase the…

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