Apr 3, 2019 9:28 AM
Drummer Dr. Mark Lomax II Examines the Past 400 Years
Music born of the African Diaspora is ever-present in the mind of Dr. Mark Lomax II, an Ohio scholar, drummer and…
A sense of unrealized creativity led Dr. Mark Lomax II to devise the 12-album set 400: An Afrikan Epic.
Apr 3, 2019 9:28 AM
Music born of the African Diaspora is ever-present in the mind of Dr. Mark Lomax II, an Ohio scholar, drummer and…
Songs Of Our Native Daughters—a collaborative set from Rhiannon Giddens (left), Allison Russell, Leyla McCalla and Amythyst Kiah—pushes back against expectations of American folk music, setting the record straight with a powerful quartet of black women who play banjos, fiddles and acoustic guitars.
Mar 29, 2019 9:42 AM
When she sings certain songs, Rhiannon Giddens feels herself become an oracle. The medium her messengers speak through…
Like so many singers before her, Alicia Olatuja’s talent was shaped in the sanctuary.
Feb 5, 2019 10:06 AM
When singer Alicia Olatuja steps on stage, she is sure-footed, and a smile almost always rests on her face.
She…
Richmond, Virginia-based drummer Corey Fonville is set for a spate of March tour dates in France with trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah.
Feb 4, 2019 4:29 PM
More than a percussionist, Corey Fonville is a conjurer. When he plays, Fonville channels the spirit of his ancestors…
