Culture
What makes that song swing? At last, physicists unravel a jazz mystery. By Maria Godoy / NPR
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating and honoring the memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Black Golden Globes winners bring ‘Black Girl Magic’ and more to the awards show. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
A monument to MLK and Coretta Scott King’s love. By Nancy Giles / CBS News
Black Music Sunday: Let it snow—and let’s find some music to keep you warm! By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Dionne Warwick on ‘Don’t Make Make Me Over,’ Burt Bacharach. By Josef Adalian / New York Magazine
Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle set to play third co-headlining tour. By John Beifuss / Memphis Commercial Appeal
5 Songs You Didn’t Know James Brown Wrote for Other Artists. By Tina Benitez-Eves / American Song Writer
In 2022, Usher once again proved he’s far more than a ‘Superstar.’ By Justin Tinsley / Andscape
Snoop Dogg Launches Death Row Cannabis. By Kiara Washington / Atlanta Black Star
Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White dies at age 67. By AP and NBC News
Take A Guess At How Few Women And People Of Color Directed Top Movies Last Year. By Marina Fang / HuffPost
Bill Cosby Intends To Return to the Stage Next Year. By Jordan. By Jordan Hoffman / Vanity Fair
Singer Anita Pointer Of The Pointer Sisters Dies At Age 74. By AP and HuffPost
‘Kindred’ Review: Octavia Butler Comes to the Screen. By Mike Hale / NYT
Black Music Sunday: They joined the ancestors in 2022, but left behind the gifts of their music. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
From Lizzo to Megan Thee Stallion, 2022 was the year of survival for Black women in the public eye. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Whoopi Goldberg again claims Holocaust wasn’t originally about race. By Ll Cohen / CBS News
This is the year we were done with Kanye West – but what does that really mean? By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Kendrick Lamar’s New Chapter: Raw, Intimate and Unconstrained. By Mitchell S. Jackson / NYT
A Jazz Album Made to Last. By Nathan Heller / The New Yorker
How Megan Thee Stallion’s court battle highlights misogyny targeting Black women. By Lauren Barron-Lopez / PBS
‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ fact check: Whitney Houston’s true story. By Melissa Ruggleri / USA Today
The luxury tax assessed on Black women. By Channing Hargrove / Andscape
Guide to Kwanzaa 2022: What it is and how to celebrate. By Kaleb A. Brown / USA Today
Does the Meaning of a Song Change Depending on Who Wrote It? By Esau McCaulley / NYT
