Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by An Afromodernism festival at the New York Philharmonic shines a light on Black artists, who are vastly underrepresented in classical music.
The achievement positioned Beyoncé as the only Black artist, as well as the only woman and American solo performer, to appear on this prestigious ranking. The Grammy winner’s two-night ...
Twenty-plus years later, the Brooklyn Museum has organized another. “Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies” features a staggering amount of Catlett’s work ...
Houston was an established artist, and “The Preacher’s Wife” is one of the best-selling gospel albums of all time, with Houston receiving acclaim for her raw and real vocals. Black gospel ...
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five followed with “The Message,” which detailed the realities of poverty among Black people in 1982. The group became the first hip-hop artist to be inducted ...