We talked to Peter Wolf about his excellent new memoir and hanging with everyone from Van Morrison to Howlin' Wolf to Aretha Franklin ...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding $8.5 million in grants to 30 historically Black Churches as a part of its third annual ...

Aretha Franklin, Spike Lee and Earth Wind and Fire. The NAACP Hall of Fame Award is presented to “individuals or groups who have been pioneers in their respective fields and whose influence ...

In the early 1980s, when the hits had dried up, a series of duets with Bryson, notably Tonight I Celebrate My Love, brought her back to the charts. Her last big seller was a synth-soul double act with ...

President Trump announced Thursday that the National Garden of American Heroes will be getting statues of Kobe Bryant, Muhammad Ali and Jackie Robinson.

Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses finds the rocker getting candid about his split with the J. Geils Band and ...

She began playing and teaching music early on, inspired by artists like Aretha Franklin. After a stint performing in nightclubs around Washington DC, Flack earned a residency at local club Mr Henry’s, ...

Judge Keith, who died in 2019 at the age of 96, issued numerous landmark rulings that championed equality and civil rights.

Masters of Hawaiian Music, Night on the Town, the 2025 Artist Invitational opening night and “Mamma Mia!” are happening on ...

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the top recording ...

Roberta Cleopatra Flack came down from the mountain to give voice and melodies to our loves, laughter, and tears. Long live this Queen.

“I was teaching at Banneker Junior High in Washington, D.C. It was part of ... Versatile enough to summon the up-tempo gospel passion of Aretha Franklin, Flack often favored a more reflective ...