*Black Enterprise’s Entrepreneurs Summit featured a panel discussion with Black female entrepreneurs who shared valuable tips on brand leveraging. Per BLACK ENTERPRISE, the outlet’s Vice President/Deputy Chief Content Officer Alisa Gumbs sat with Miss Diddy, founder of The Brand Group LA and Milan Rouge, founder of clothing brand Milano Di Rouge, to discuss their personal…
Jazz aficionados are more in need of the new than most music fans. For all of you out there with a lust for the aurally … Read More “OK:KO: Liesu (We Jazz)” The post OK:KO: Liesu (We Jazz) appeared first on JazzTimes.
Creating a program of solo piano music is the ultimate challenge for any improvising pianist. The music on my latest album, Ways of Disappearing (Sunnyside), … Read More “Chops: Lucian Ban on Solo Improvisation” The post Chops: Lucian Ban on Solo Improvisation appeared first on JazzTimes.
The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) has announced that it is now accepting entries for the 11th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, … Read More “Registration for Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Now Open” The post Registration for Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition Now Open appeared first on JazzTimes.
Each year, the structure of the Recording Academy undergoes ambitious changes to showcase diversity and inclusion as well as the enthusiasms of qualified music influencers. Its National Board of Trustees team gets 19 new and familiar additions for its 2022-2023 term. PJ Morton, whose new album Watch The Sun dropped in April, rejoins as a…
India Shawn’s imagination runs wild on her new song “Exchange,” co-written and co-produced by Oscar and Grammy winner D’Mile. The production of “Exchange” is tangled in an exotic percussion, a steady guitar line, and a placid piano. Each element evenly blends with her sultry murmurs of give-and-take in a romance that faces its shares of…
Coco Jones has shared a music video for “Caliber,” the first single from her forthcoming untitled EP. Teyana Taylor, known as Spike Tee, directed the video in production with The Aunties. In the visual, Jones enters a lavish lounge with a gentleman (portrayed by actor Deric Augustine) that turns out to be the bartender. Before…
Jazmine Sullivan enjoyed tremendous success on R&B radio last year with “Pick Up Your Feelings” from the Grammy-winning album Heaux Tales. The accomplished diva may have a similar outcome on the airplay format, as the emotional “Hurt Me So Good” is the next focus track. The second single from Heaux Tales, Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe, was…
It’s a Monday afternoon and Sir Darryl Farris, affectionately known as SiR, is sitting in his all-white room and is wearing a crisp white t-shirt accessorized by two gold chains. The Inglewood, California, native’s lunch order arrives just as our interview begins but he prefers to hold off. “It’s going to have to wait. It’s…
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com When Professor William Welch retired at 92 from Bowie State University (BSU) in the winter, he was the […] The post William Welch retired from Bowie State University as the oldest full-time faculty member, but that doesn’t mean his human resource development career…