Black History Month
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Wonderful footage of one of the last performances from “the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans ever produced.” Read more
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Beforeshe became a disco and R&B star in the late 1970s, Thelma Houston released a handful of underrated records for the short-lived Motown subsidiary MoWest. This is one of her fantastic but obscure singles from that era. Read more
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The unlikeliest candidate for releasing a hit single did just that in 1974, resulting in a one-and-done R&B smash hit that was easily one of the best songs of the decade. Read more
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A fantastic and touching blues number from one of the finest Texas bluesmen ever, taken from a fantastic and essential documentary from 1968. Read more
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Today we’re excited to share with you a beautiful, Pulitzer Prize winning composition from classical composer George Walker, the first African-American recipient of the prize. Read more
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Today we’re excited to share with you a beautiful, Pulitzer Prize winning composition from classical composer George Walker, the first African-American recipient of the prize. Read more
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For Black History Month, we’re paying tribute to the fantastic artists and entertainers who have enriched our culture. The two songs that concluded Ella Fitzgerald’s Berlin concert in 1960 almost single-handedly highlight why she was one of the greatest jazz vocalists of the 20th Century. Read more
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For Black History Month, we’re paying tribute to the fantastic artists and entertainers who have enriched our culture. First up: the opening salvo from a band who from the get-go proved that they were not going to be anything less than extraordinary. Read more
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