First Black Country Artist Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame– In 2000, Charley Pride earned his place in the Hall of Fame. First Black Artist to Perform at the Country Music Hall of Fame– Charley Pride made history again in 2000 with his performance at the Hall of Fame. ...
To wrap up Black History Month, we’re highlighting prominent black artists in Country that have made history and broken barriers.
Jimmie Allen has made history as the first black artist to have his debut single reach No. 1 on country radio, the same week Kane Brown, who is black and white, has the top country album in the U.S.
“The Jazz were proud to meet and highlight the work that they do.” The Jazz also welcomed the traveling Utah Black History Museum to the team’s practice facility, where several Jazz players explored the exhibit. The celebrations continued throughout the month at Delta Center with a ...
The College Board says changes will be made to its new AP African American studies course, after critics said the agency bowed to political pressure and removed several topics from the framework, including Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations and quee
In a pre-Grammy event, singer Mariah Carey used the Recording Academy stage to speak about fighting against conforming to certain music industry standards in an effort to create her music that would eventually appeal to the masses.
“a tapper from whom steps and moves flow like music, she has an easy warmth of presence that makes her dancing incandescent.” Walker was not a modern dancer, a tap choreographer, a director of a tap company, or a guest artist in other companies, but she was nevertheless ubiquitous in ...
" Auerbach tells GRAMMY.com, also over Zoom. Carney concurs, remembering meeting Auerbach in the early days while hungering to play in a band. "I always thought I could help this guy make better music than he could on his own," he says. "And I think that is mutually true for me."...
arrived three days later for the artist’s funeral and caught sight of the black-draped coffin, he exclaimed: “No! No black for Monet.” An old piece of cretonne was brought down from the house to replace the dark pall with the palette that the artist had made his own: nature’s man...