Bandleader and bassist, Ben Williams is on his way to the Dakota on Sept 4 and 5 with...
Read moreDave Chappelle don’t have a lick of sense. For that matter, Tracey Ashley ain’t wrapped too tight, either. Between...
Read moreBy Maya Beecham Contributing Writer On any given weekday morning in 1963, average schoolchildren stood upright in classrooms, hand...
Read moreIf you haven’t noticed, African American female bandleaders are enjoying tremendous success these days and getting plenty of attention via...
Read moreBy Charles Hallman Staff Writer KMOJ-FM Radio General Manager Kelvin Quarles will be honored this fall by American Urban...
Read moreBy Charles Hallman Staff Writer Jonathan Butler’s upcoming CD, Grace and Mercy, is one of many gospel albums he...
Read moreBy Charles Hallman Staff Writer The Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations (Ampers) recently honored KMOJ-FM Program...
Read moreA quick scan of jazz news confirms pop-oriented jazz is still the name of the game, and new albums and books...
Read moreBeginning Wednesday, July 25, A Black History Chronicle Exclusive — Cecil E. Newman: The Friendship, the Life and the Legacy,...
Read moreBy Charles Hallman Staff Writer Robert Townsend is a Hollywood pioneer. The actor-comedian, who was in town last...
Read moreBrenda Jackson writes the diversity-filled novels she always wanted to read By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Nora Roberts is...
Read moreSaxophonist, composer and bandleader Ravi Coltrane’s debut recording for Blue Note Records, Spirit Fiction, was released on...
Read moreYou Are Not Alone Michael: Through a Brother’s Eyes (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster), Jermaine Jackson’s biography of his younger...
Read moreA CD review By Stephani Maari Booker Associate Editor I’ve been a fan of Hélène and Célia Faussart,...
Read moreA fascinating hour in African and African American history visits the Twin Cities with the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit...
Read moreBy Charles Hallman Staff Writer Ramsey Lewis’ recent two-day engagement at the Dakota Jazz Club in...
Read moreJimi Hendrix was one of the most famous Black men of his day. Yet he didn’t have...
Read moreLocal company puts plus-size women, big-and-tall men on the runway By Jamal Denman Contributing Writer...
Read moreI was scanning the magazine newsstand the other day and picked up a copy of the June issue of...
Read moreLou Bellamy brilliantly directs James Baldwin’s The Amen Corner at Guthrie Theater for a Penumbra Theatre Company/Guthrie Theater...
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