Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist who used singing to promote community and fight for voting rights. Hamer's life and legacy are celebrated in the new Kentucky Opera production ...

Whenever Fannie Lou Hamer spoke, she also sang. She invited others to sing along. She understood the power of singing together to heighten the sense of community and solidarity and used it to ...

Tune-Yards have announced a new album, Better Dreaming, and shared a new song, “Limelight,” via a video for the single. They ...

The vibes should be emanating from their traditional Turkish string instruments—and you will be smitten with the smoke.

Today Tune-Yards, the dynamic duo of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, share details of their sixth studio album, Better Dreaming, out 16 May on standard vinyl, limited edition vinyl and CD. The album ...

On Sunday, March 9, civil rights leaders gathered at the City Hall steps to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Edmund Pettus.

This week, Car Seat Headrest announced a new album/rock opera, The Scholars, and shared its first single, the 11-minute multi ...

There was no disagreement as to whether we should engage,” says Metropolitan AME pastor Bill Lamar, “but there was definitely ...

As civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer once said ... “It looks like he’s singing and dancing, but this Black man’s taking enormous chances.” Gabrielle Chenault covers Williamson ...

It was impossible not to be deeply moved by the sight of brilliant African American musicians singing songs ... of the civil rights movement and Fannie Lou Hamer, who organized Mississippi's ...