by admin | Feb 27, 2019 | Black History Month, Entertainment, News
Like so many of the African-American artists who blazed trails in the hey-day of Motown, Diana Ross got started while she was still a teenager. She joined The Primettes (The Supremes before they were The Supremes) and achieved local success playing at live venues...
by admin | Feb 26, 2019 | Black History Month, Entertainment, News
It seems odd to highlight Stevie Wonder without highlighting Ray Charles, since it was an album of Ray Charles covers that comprised Stevie Wonder’s first recorded album when he 11 years old. But there are only so many days and producing this entire series in...
by admin | Feb 25, 2019 | Black History Month, Entertainment, News
No next-generation artist in recent memory did more to cross genres or sound than Minnesota’s own Prince. Born to a jazz singer and pianist, Prince was destined for a life in music, composing his first song on his father’s piano at age seven. With help...
by admin | Feb 22, 2019 | Black History Month, Entertainment, News
“American history wells up when Aretha sings. Nobody embodies more fully the connection between the African-American spiritual, the blues, R&B, rock and roll—the way that hardship and sorrow were transformed into something full of beauty and vitality and...
by admin | Feb 20, 2019 | Black History Month, Entertainment
As “The Empress of Soul,” Gladys Knight has a career spanning over six decades (which is made more impressive when you realize she’s only in her mid-70s). From beginnings in Atlanta, Georgia, Gladys had talent, which was recognized on a amateur...