ARTIST PROFILES
Betty Wright-Cool Vocal Rhythms
Born Bessie Regina Norris in 1953, Wright started her musicread more
Summer Concerts
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The Vince J. Whibbs Sr. Community Maritime Park
The TV One Original Series:
Unsung
Unsung is an hour-long music documentary program that airs on TV One. The series, which premiered November 27, 2008, uncovers the stories behind once well-known R&B and soul music artists, bands, or groups who exploded onto the Billboard music charts with a string of hits, only to have their career derailed by a major crisis that caused them to be essentially unappreciated by later generations of contemporary R&B and soul music listeners.[1] The series is produced by production company A. Smith & Co. Productions.
Unsung episodes videos
Black Music Spotlight
The Recording Academy has announced the creation of the Black Music Collective, “a group of prominent Black music creators and professionals who share the common goal of amplifying Black voices within the Academy and the music community.”
Black Music Movies
Da 5 Bloods
Staring Chadwick Boseman
Four African American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.
(Photo: Clarke Peters and Chadwick Boseman Instagram)
Upcoming music films in 2020
Respect-coming 2020
The Queen of Soul’s story Aretha Franklin movie coming 2020 on the big screen.
Jennifer Hudson will play Aretha Franklin in Respect. Picture: Getty
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom -coming 2020
JP Jazz Archive/Redferns
The file will focus on Ma Rainey recording a record in 1927 Chicago, when tension erupts between her, her white agent and producer and bandmates.
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Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman will Star in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ on Netflix
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