KELELA: METHODOLOGY I conducted this research by finding articles from publications such as The Guardian, Salute Magazine, and The Washington Post, which both outline Kelela’s story, as well […]
About Albertina Albertina Walker was a force in traditional gospel music, which is why she is famously known as the “Queen of Gospel.” The religious singer spent the […]
An Alto Saxophonist is Born. Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on March 9, 1930. He attended I.M. Terrell High School, known as a […]
WHO WAS “MA RAINEY”? Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, known as the “Mother of the Blues”, was the first entertainer to successfully bridge the divide between vaudeville — the cabaret-style […]
Tom Turpin was arguably the first major African American composer and performer of rags. Born in Savannah, Georgia in 1871, he began his musical career in the early […]
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KELELA: METHODOLOGY I conducted this research by finding articles from publications such as The Guardian, Salute Magazine, and The Washington Post, which both outline Kelela’s story, as well […]
About Albertina Albertina Walker was a force in traditional gospel music, which is why she is famously known as the “Queen of Gospel.” The religious singer spent the […]
An Alto Saxophonist is Born. Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on March 9, 1930. He attended I.M. Terrell High School, known as a […]
WHO WAS “MA RAINEY”? Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, known as the “Mother of the Blues”, was the first entertainer to successfully bridge the divide between vaudeville — the cabaret-style […]
Tom Turpin was arguably the first major African American composer and performer of rags. Born in Savannah, Georgia in 1871, he began his musical career in the early […]