This June, Radio One is harnessing the power of all its properties in a month-long, companywide, synergistic campaign called β€œIt’s All Black Music!” This 360 multi-platform, national promotion was created in celebration of Black Music Month by Radio One’s and Interactive One’s digital coreΒ  and Radio One’s national web content editorial team. Black music is […]

jump — 1. to spring free from the ground, to move suddenly or involuntarily. 2. a form of R&B music that places emphasis on strong rhythm, exciting solo work especially by saxophones, and vocals in a shout-blues manner. R & B (rhythm & blues) – a kind of music developed by African-Americans that combines blues […]

In the talent room under the stage of Los Angeles’ House of Blues nightclub, i sat down one-on-one with Prince minutes before one of his fabled after parties…

From WhiteHouse.gov: Music can tell a story, assuage our sorrows, provide blessing and redemption, and express a soul’s sublime and powerful beauty. It inspires us…

Ella Jane Fitzgerald, also known as β€œThe First Lady of Song,” was born on April 25, 1917 in Newport News, Virginia. The legendary jazz and song vocalist was considered by some to be the greatest songstress to ever live. With a voice that ranged from three octaves, β€œLady Ella” brought an entirely different sound to jazz.

June is Black Music Month so The Urban Daily put tgether the top 10 black musicals.

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