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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

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

The Musical Poetry Of Jaki Shelton Green

Monday, February 18, 2019

Etta Baker smiling and holding her guitar

Etta Baker Is Known For Her Mastery Of The Guitar, But Every Now And Then She Sang Too

Sunday, February 10, 2019