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Will Liverman

Karen Slack -- Photo by Kia Caldwell

Karen Slack’s “African Queens” Project is a Marriage of New Music, History, and Timeless Artistry from Black Composers

Many musicians have a recording that changed their fervor — an album that they studied, trapped in i...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
Anthony Davis'

The Met’s “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” is Full of Profound Emotions and Provocative Truths

In the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, there are plenty o...
Author
Stephanie Boyd
Rhiannon Giddens, Will Liverman, Karen Slack, and Reginald Mobley in Shawn Okpebholo's

From African Diaspora, New Song Cycle by Shawn Okpebholo Takes Flight

Quiet as it’s kept, the banjo is an instrument of the African diaspora. In a performance at the Metr...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
Lidiya Yankovskaya--Photo by Kate Lemmon

ListN Up: Lidiya Yankovskaya (April 1, 2022)

ListN Up is a weekly series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of con...
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Sphinx Virtuosi--Photo by Stephanie Berger

Sphinx Virtuosi “For Justice and Peace” Confronts Social Justice Issues

Music happens in real time. On Friday, October 11th, 2019, the Sphinx Virtuosi string orchestra conc...
Author
Lana Norris

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