Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...

Two years after Kitt Wakeley won his own Grammy Award, the Edmond composer, musician and producer is experiencing the ...

Another Black icon with the name is Eartha M. M. White, a humanitarian and philanthropist. The name, like it sounds, means ...

The International African American Museum offers incredible will feature everything from from poetry readings to ...

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Dorothy E. “Doll” (Moschella) Kitt, 64, of Altoona, peacefully passed away Friday at UPMC Altoona after an extended illness. She was born in Altoona, daughter of the late Michael F.

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Melba Montgomery, a country singer known for her duets with George Jones, Gene Pitney and Charlie Louvin, has died. She was 86. Her death was confirmed by her ...

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“I hate to use the word ‘hard-core,’” Mr. Jones once said, “but that’s what Melba is — a down-to-earth hard-core country singer.”Credit...United Artists Ms. Montgomery and Mr ...

It comes after Macy Gray snubbed both post-show interviews for The Masked Singer after her elimination, it has been revealed. The US soul singer, 57, was the latest star to be unmasked on the ITV ...

Another The Masked Singer UK contestant has been revealed as the hit ITV competition continues. And though they all blew us away with their singing, sadly, it was time to say goodbye to one of the ...