Real history and amazing songs blend in Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s new production of “Jubilee,” which playwright and director Tazewell Thompson describes as a “nakedly a cappella” journey into ...

Members of the Heritage Choir of Baton Rouge, under the direction of Clarence Jones, center, perform Friday, June 14, 2024, ...

In this special Black History presentation, Miz April features a segment highlighting Jester Hairston, a beloved choral director, actor and ambassador who was a leading expert in Negro Spirituals and ...

The American Spiritual Ensemble is bringing the history and soul of American Negro spiritual music to Boston in their first tour of the Northeast. “I call it the 'mother music.' It's the music that ...

We’re headed into the last weekend of Black History and The Marsh has just the show for the occasion. “An Evening of Negro Spirituals: Crossing Rivers and Building Bridges through Song” is a solo show ...

During the era of slavery, those who labored in captivity pioneered a musical motif that began as “unaccompanied songs of sorrow and hope," said Everett McCorvey, founder, director and principal ...

U. S. Negroes are generally credited with two great contributions to U. S. folk music: 1) spirituals, 2) the musical dialect of jazz. Why these two contributions should be so different has long ...

The musical runs through Jan. 29. Tickets are available online at asf.net, or by calling the ASF box office at 334-271-5353. Real history and amazing songs blend in Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s new ...

We’re headed into the last weekend of Black History and The Marsh has just the show for the occasion. “An Evening of Negro Spirituals: Crossing Rivers and Building Bridges through Song” is a solo show ...