Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. I have compiled a subjective, non-exhaustive list of 50 Black ...

This weekend is forecast to bring some rain, so finding indoor events will be good planning. A We Black Folk concert in Somerville shares the artistry of acclaimed Black musicians who live in the ...

Songs of Black Folk co-director Haley Watson found herself drawn to the stories of Pacific Northwest natives Rev. Dr. Leslie Braxton and his nephew, Ramón Bryant Braxton for many reasons. But one ...

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Recall the sound that set the salty, downhome tone for Beyoncé's history-making single "Texas Hold 'Em." The first notes you hear on the first track by a Black woman to top Billboard's Hot Country ...

Here’s 40 of the most influential black female singers of the 1960s and 1970s. In 2008, Rolling Stone put together a list of the “100 greatest singers of all time.” The lineup was mighty. At the 100th ...

Beyond country music, Black artists in Nashville have made significant contributions to blues, bluegrass, folk, rap, R&B and more. This article highlights contemporary Black artists in Nashville who ...

Beyonce’s hit “Texas Hold ’Em” opens with a beat seldom heard on hip-hop tracks: the unmistakable clip-clop of a four-stringed clawhammer banjo. It comes via folk icon Rhiannon Giddens, who was ...

The set-up for a typical Jesse Welles video is simple: the 32-year-old stands in an open field under a string of powerlines, clutching an acoustic guitar. From behind a tousled, curly mop of hair, he ...