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  • Published on Aug 18, 2025

    BBC Radio 1Xtra head Dari Samuels on Black music, industry moves and the magic of radio

    by Yemi Abiade Tuesday, Aug 12th 2025 at 5:54PM Dari Samuels makes it very clear that he wants BBC Radio 1Xtra to be “the place where artists want to come to showcase their talent”, and the head of the station is on a mission to deliver. On the eve of his …

    Source: MusicWeek - Pending
  • Published on Aug 17, 2025

    Black Music Sunday: Aretha Franklin lives on in our hearts and souls

    Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 275 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you’ll find some familiar tunes and perhaps an introduction …

    Source: Daily Kos - Left-wing
  • Published on 10:56 GMT

    Hey, who moved my CD?

    I had best described as a “Who moved my cheese?” moment when I climbed into my car recently. Well, not “cheese” in a literal sense that’s in the title of that best-selling book, but a favorite Funch (I’ll get to him shortly) CD. You see, when I punched the …

    Source: Douglas County Sentinel - Georgia - Pending
  • Published on 05:20 GMT

    Mariah Carey throws shade at Grammy awards: 'Overrated'

    Mariah Carey has recently shared her controversial opinion on the Grammy Awards. During an appearance on Pitchfork's Over/Under series on Thursday, the 56-year-old singer said that the Grammys are "overrated." "I think the Grammys …

    Source: GEO TV - Pro-Government
  • Published on 01:33 GMT

    Mariah Carey calls the Grammys 'overrated' after years of being snubbed by the awards show

    By JUSTIN ENRIQUEZ, US ASSISTANT SHOWBIZ EDITOR and JACQUELINE LINDENBERG Published: 15:16 EDT, 18 August 2025 | Updated: 19:13 EDT, 18 August 2025 Mariah Carey has blasted the Grammys after being snubbed out of nominations for years. The 56-year-old …

    Source: Daily Mail - Right-wing
  • Published on 01:09 GMT

    Mariah Carey suffers Grammys snub: Is the star bothered?

    Mariah Carey, one of the most commercially successful artists in modern music, has openly criticized the Grammy Awards, arguing that the institution has failed to properly acknowledge her contributions over the decades. Despite selling more than 220 …

    Source: MARCA - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 18, 2025

    <em>Sinners</em>: A racialist horror show

    Director Ryan Coogler, left, and Michael B. Jordan pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film Sinners on Monday, April 14, 2025, in London. [AP Photo/ Scott A Garfit]Ryan Coogler’s Sinners combines cartoonish monster-movie antics …

    Source: World Socialist Web Site - Left-wing
  • Published on Aug 18, 2025

    Mariah Carey Feels The Grammys Are “Overrated”

    Mariah Carey doesn’t care about the Grammys. The prolific chanteuse appeared on Pitchfork’s Over/Under series on Thursday (Aug. 14) to offer her thoughts on several things, including Love Island, Christmas, Disneyland, divas, Billboard charts, and more …

    Source: Vibe Magazine - New York - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 18, 2025

    Mariah Carey calls the Grammys 'overrated' after years of being snubbed by the awards show

    By JUSTIN ENRIQUEZ, US ASSISTANT SHOWBIZ EDITOR and JACQUELINE LINDENBERG Published: 15:16 EDT, 18 August 2025 | Updated: 19:13 EDT, 18 August 2025 Mariah Carey has blasted the Grammys after being snubbed out of nominations for years. The 56-year-old …

    Source: Daily Mail - Right-wing
  • Published on Aug 18, 2025

    Introducing: Charlie’s Place

    Beloved. Notorious. Defiant. Folk hero. These are just a few ways to describe Charlie Fitzgerald, the entrepreneur who owned an integrated nightclub during the Jim Crow era in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Charlie broke down racial barriers through the …

    Source: Atlas Obscura - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 18, 2025

    Black Voices Festival

    A weekend of classic Black music, Bedford, 24-26 October 2025 Bedford Music Club is delighted to announce an exciting new festival against the backdrop of Black History Month. Black Voices brings together extraordinary artists to celebrate the richness of …

    Source: Bedford Today - Pending
  • Published on Aug 18, 2025

    8 Full Force Songs That Shaped Funk and R&B Music.

    Like Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry 1 (ThyBlackMan.com) Full Force is one of those rare musical collectives that managed to balance the art of producing hits for others with the ability to craft their own catalog of memorable tracks. Emerging from Brooklyn …

    Source: ThyBlackMan - Center-right
  • Published on Aug 17, 2025

    The Many Lives of James Baldwin

    Review of Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025) James Baldwin has become the literary pinup of a generation. In 2025, he is everywhere: his most famous quotations stamped on viral infographics while his face is sold on …

    Source: Jacobin - Left-wing
  • Published on Aug 16, 2025

    Bebe & Cece Winans animate the 40th Stellar Gospel Music Awards in Nashville

    On August 16, 2025, the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville welcomed the 40th ceremony of the Stellar Gospel Music Awards, devoting four decades of excellence and innovation in Gospel music. This anniversary edition, placed under the theme “Our Music …

    Source: BGospel Magazine - Pending
  • Published on Aug 15, 2025

    'Step Brothers' star to host 2025's Americana Honors & Awards

    Acclaimed actor and performer John C. Reilly has been tabbed to host the 2025 Americana Honors & Awards. The 24th annual event will be held at the Ryman Auditorium Sept. 10 during Americanafest, which takes place from Sept. 9 to 13. Reilly is renowned …

    Source: The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Tennessee - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 15, 2025

    ‘And the Roots of Rhythm Remain’: A joyful tour of global music

    Joe Boyd has been in the music industry for a long time. He has worked on recordings by Pink Floyd, Richard Thompson, R.E.M., and 10,00 Maniacs. And that’s just the shortlist. In 1980, he started Hannibal Records, an independent label responsible for …

    Source: Wisconsin Public Radio - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on Aug 16, 2025

    ‘Like a Hymn’

    In June 1980 Amina Claudine Myers was in a New York City studio, recording a tribute to the great blues singer Bessie Smith, when she began to improvise a theme on the piano: slow, stately, swelling with emotion. Myers is a deeply religious woman, and as …

    Source: The New York Review of Books - Neutral
  • Published on Aug 15, 2025

    ‘The Black experience is more than just London’: Chiedu Oraka, the Hull rapper handpicked to support Coldplay

    ‘When I say ‘Hull’, you say ‘City’! Hull …” Chiedu Oraka grins, pointing his mic towards the middle of a near-empty recording studio. Silence – for now, at least. Next week, that pause will be filled by 20,000 voices at Craven Park stadium, where the local …

    Source: The Guardian - Center-left
  • Published on Aug 16, 2025

    Anu Malik can take other people’s songs, he just needs to do it like Elvis Presley

    Music as an art form has been appreciated, imitated, copied, sampled, and remembered since time immemorial. The moment a new sound emerges from the depths of the mind of a troubled artiste, a line of imitators presents itself. When BB King and his guitar …

    Source: The Indian Express - Center-left

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