Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston and Lauryn Hill’s album of the year wins all came in the 1990s. Beyoncé’s fifth shot, for ...

Black people are spiritual beings, which contributes to our deep connection to gospel music. A 2021 Pew Research survey found that “belief in the divine is close to universal among Black Americans.” ...

Credit: LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 10: Singers Beyonce Knowles (L) and Tina Turner perform onstage during the 50th annual Grammy awards held at the Staples Center on February 10, 2008 in Los Angeles, ...

Ferrand, a star in her time, left the scantest of paper trails; other Black women musicians left even less, according to ...

she was an inspiration not just in the field of music, but in film, with 1995’s Waiting To Exhale in particular still held up as a watershed of mainstream representation of black women in cinema.

Cann knows that many of the names on this program are unknown, but she hopes Chicago audiences will give it a chance.

Music serves as a snapshot of the times ... t Touch My Hair” – as someone that’s organizing around how Black women are legally discriminated against because of their hair… or [Beyoncé ...