African American Music Archives

Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul, Queen of R&B, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, Willoughby Avenue

Aretha Franklin, the legendary Queen of Soul, is dead at 76 | Vox

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Celebrating the joyful legacy of a musical icon.

African American Music Artist, Black Music Artist, Soul Music, Prince, Prince Rogers Nelson, Prince Music, Purple Rain, Under The Cherry Moon, 1999, International Lover, Darling Nikki, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D

Prince Estate Inks Deal to Distribute 35 Classic Albums | Colorlines

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A new deal will allow fans to reconnect with nearly three dozen albums from Prince’s catalog.

Theodore and Hazel and the Bird, African American Art, Vision Festival, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D

Jazz Notes: Vision Fest, Mickey Bass, children’s jazz book | New York Amsterdam News

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Little Theodore and Hazel, with instruments in hand (trumpet and harp), were off to the park to play when suddenly they ran into a sad bird that needed help.

Isaac Hayes, Soul Music, African American Music, R&B, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

‘I didn’t give a damn if it didn’t sell’: how Isaac Hayes helped create psychedelic soul | The Guardian

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The singer’s Hot Buttered Soul, released in 1969 and soon to be reissued, ripped apart the rules and inspired many new waves of music

Yosvany Terry, Eladio “Don Pancho” Terry, African American Music, Black Music, Jazz, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

Afro-Cuban Musician Brings Special Project to DC JazzFest | The Washington Informer

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As a standard-bearer of Afro-Cuban cultural traditions, Terry has had to branch out on several projects to embrace the whole, including the jazz culture of his adopted home in New York City.

Smithsonian Insider, African American Music, Black Music, Hip Hop, Nas, KRS-1, Salt-N-Pepa, Public Enemy, Run DMC, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

See hip-hop evolve through photos at the African American History and Culture Museum | Smithsonian Insider

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“Represent: Hip Hop Photography” explores four themes of how identity, creativity, activism and community influenced elements of hip-hop, including DJs, MCs, break-dancers, and graffiti artists.

A Hidden Hero Of Jazz

African American History, African American Music, African American News, KINDR.D Magazine, KINDR'D, KINDR'D Magazine, KOLUMN, KOLUMN Magazine Posted by KINDR.D

Williams didn’t just change, she grew; the brilliant ideas that were present in her earlier work expanded on contact with new musical realms, and she found herself doubling back on prior resistance to the strongest and most difficult new styles to incorporate both their freedom and their complexity into her playing.

Questlove, The Roots, African American Music Artist, Black Music Artist, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

The Search for Creativity with Questlove | The Washington Informer

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“I am guided as much by the song I am playing as [I am by] the people around me — not to mention the people I am modeling myself on, intentionally…”

Ramsey Lewis, African American Music, Black Music, Jazz, Ramsey Lewis Retirement, Jazz, Smooth Jazz, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

Ramsey Lewis announces retirement | JAZZIZ

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Pianist and funk fusion pioneer Ramsey Lewis has announced that he is to retire from touring.

African American Art, Black Art, Gil Scott-Heron, African American Music, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

Happy 69th Birthday, Brother Gil Scott-Heron | The Philadelphia Tribune

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When he first told America in 1970 that “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” after having written it in 1968 at age 19, Gil Scott-Heron set the stage for what would become part of the musical and poetic soundtrack for revolutionaries worldwide. And he didn’t stop until four decades later.