The 9th annual Black Music Honors will celebrate Johnny Gill, Patrice Rushen, Bootsy Collins, and Hezekiah Walker.
Beyonce’s latest album, “Act ll: Cowboy Carter,” hit No. 1 on the Billboard country albums chart this week, making her the first Black woman to ever top that chart. Alice Randall, novelist and songwriter, most recently author of My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future (Atria/Black Privilege Publishing, 2024), discusses the legacy of Black country music and traces its roots to today's historic achievement.
NEW YORK (AP) — Dusty, worn boots. Horses lapping up water. Sweat dripping from the foreheads of every shade of Black skin as country classics blare through giant speakers.
Dusty, worn boots. Horses lapping up water. Sweat dripping from the foreheads of every shade of Black skin as country classics blare through giant speakers. These moments are frequently recreated during Tayhlor Coleman’s family gatherings at their central Texas ranch. For her, Beyonce’s country album, “Act II: Cowboy Carter,” was the granting of an unlikely wish.
Patrice Rushen will also be honored at the show's ninth annual gala.
A social media video post by an Indiana State University student critical of Black individuals performing country music is drawing scathing criticism from campus and beyond.
On today's show: John Cassidy, staff writer at The New Yorker, talks about the latest inflation report and how both parties are responding. The New York State budget was due on April 1st and lawmakers have still not come to an agreement. Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, reports on what is reportedly in the budget, the remaining sticking points and whether late budgets are now the norm in Albany. The Vatican released a new document that detailed what it called 'grave...
Sheridan Smith put her best foot forward as she attended the Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Sunday.
Geena Davis turned heads in a figure-hugging ensemble as she accepted the Viola Davis Trailblazer honor at the Big Screen Achievement Awards during CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday.
A 310th Space Wing Airman received the 2024 Citizen Honors Service Award from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society for leading his non-profit organization, TACT (Teaching the Autism Community Trades), for being the most successful training-to-employment program in Colorado, March 25.
The upcoming Star Wars series The Acolyte is going to attempt to give us something different from anything that we’ve seen before in the Star Wars franchise as it is...
Sunset Boulevard came out on top with an impressive seven wins at this year's Olivier Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Sunday, while Sarah Snook and Andrew Scott's play also win big.