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When A Byrd Flew To North Carolina Central University

Friday, April 12, 2019

Jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd pioneered jazz education programs at Historically Black Colleges. This is a photograph from the N.C. Central University Yearbook.

Revisiting Duke University's History Of Hip-Hop Course

Sunday, April 07, 2019

Alice Gerrard is a Living Legend

Saturday, March 30, 2019

She Changed The Sound: Nina Simone

Monday, March 18, 2019

The Youngest Recipient Of The Pulitzer Prize In Music Is A North Carolinian. Meet Caroline Shaw.

Friday, March 15, 2019

Warren Haynes Talks Asheville Roots

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Warren Haynes is a rock and roll legend. He is also a North Carolinian.

She Changed The Sound: Caroline Shaw

Monday, March 11, 2019

50 For 50: Mary Carter Taub

Wednesday, March 06, 2019

Student and instructor in a TAPS JAM program. Photo by Zoe van Buren

Passing It On: Traditional Arts Programs For Students

Friday, March 01, 2019

Thelonious Monk on the cover of Time magazine

Throwback Thursday: Thelonious Monk's Time Magazine Cover

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Hillsborough Celebrates Hometown Musical Great Billy Strayhorn

Saturday, February 23, 2019

Portrait of Max Roach seated in front of a drum set. Photo by Wiliam Gottlieb

Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite: An Early Soundtrack To Black Lives Matter

Wednesday, February 20, 2019