For some, singer Andra Day exploded over night, but the 30-year-old will quickly tell you that couldn’t be further from the truth. Equal parts cool and…

National

The Jackson Rooming House, the “Boarding House of the Stars” in Tampa, Florida, served as the only lodging for black entertainers and civil rights leaders…

National

Ray Charles Forever postage stamp   *The late great entertainer extraordinaire Ray Charles will be honored with a Ray Charles Forever postage stamp on Monday September 23rd which…

News & Gossip

The children of the late-Ray Charles have won in court over the Ray Charles Foundation in a case that determined the ownership of the copyright on about 60 of his songs. The songs involved in the ruling included such classics as I Got a Woman, Hallelujah I Love Her So and A Fool For You. […]

Celebrity News

The Ray Charles Memorial Library, featuring interactive exhibits about the musician’s life and career, officially opened its doors Thursday night in the studio and office building the singer built in South Los Angeles in the early 60s. Charles’ friends and colleagues — including Quincy Jones, B.B. King, producer Jimmy Jam and filmmaker Taylor Hackford — […]

It's All Black Music

soul (Middle English, from Old English sawol) – 1. the animating and vital principle in human beings, credited with the faculties of thought, actions and emotion and often conceived as an immaterial entity. 2. a sense of ethnic pride among African-Americans, expressed in areas such as language, social customs, religion and music.