‘The mics are on’: Maxwell tour to bring R&B back to forefront

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10-Year-Old Black Girl Breaks World Record, Writes Longest Novel With 58, 000 Words

Nationwide - Meet Hephzibah Akinwale, a 10-year-old Black girl from the United Kingdom, who just broke the world record for the longest fiction book for children. Her book, Chronicles of

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Ghana : European Union bails out Ghana's navy

The European Union is working on a new plan to support the Ghana Navy.

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Chucho Valdés: not sitting this one out - The Bay State Banner

Chucho Valdés, Cuban-born pianist and composer, is performing in a solo streaming concert through the Boston-based Celebrity Series on Sunday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. The performance, which will be prerecorded, features Valdés from the New World Center in Miami. Following the concert, there will be

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Source: The Bay State Banner

Le CPT exprime son indignation à la suite de l’assassinat de trois policiers de l’UTAG

The content originally appeared on: juno7 - Haïti News Le CPT exprime son indignation à la suite de l’assassinat de trois policiers de l’Unité anti-gang (UTAG) À travers un communiqué de presse, le Conseil Présidentiel de Transition (CPT) a exprimé son indignation à la suite de l’assassinat

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Local composer to conduct Mass concert in New York

Local composer, author and music specialist at Elm Creative Arts School in Milwaukee, Wallace McClain Cheatham will be conducting Franz Peter Schuberts Mass In G Major for solo voice, chorus and full orchestra in May, 2021 at New Yorks prestigious Carnegie Hall. Dr. Cheatham was a public school

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25 New Homes to Help Revive Birmingham’s Fountain Heights Community

The Birmingham Times Bonderia Lyons, President, Fountain Heights Neighborhood Association, knows what new housing can mean for a community. That’s why she was excited when Birmingham Land Bank on Friday broke ground on the first of 25 new homes in her neighborhood. at 1138 12th Ct N, the future

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Source: The Birmingham Times

In the news: Seyquan Mack

The Handel and Haydn Society announced Seyquan Mack is one of four students receiving a 2020 Youth Choruses Scholarship

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Source: The Bay State Banner

Bishop Leonard Scott and Pastor Craig Tyson, The Men behind the Label - Black News Channel

By: David Johnson/ BNC Digital Reporter Indianapolis (BNC) - You may not know their names, but chances are you know their music.Tyscot Music and Entertainment is the oldest black owned gospel recording company in the world, and home to some of the biggest names in gospel music. The recording

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Black Nativity

'Black Nativity,' a folk-song rendering of the Christian story based on Langston Hughes's gospel song-play about the birth of Christ, has become an annual tradition in Boston since 1969. First presented in the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts, it has attracted a wider audience in its performances on

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Acox, Jr., Clarence (1947- )

Clarence Acox, Jr. is an award-winning American jazz drummer and band director. Born in October 1947, he is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. Since his arrival in Seattle in 1971 he has become one of the most influential musical directors in the Pacific Northwest and one of the most successful

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Kenya Union of Journalists Issues Ultimatum to Standard Media Group Over Unpaid Salaries

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ) has issued Standard Group with a 7-day ultimatum to pay its journalists who have not received their salaries for six months.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Limpopo graduate shakes up the gospel music industry

Laughter's parents bought him a toy guitar and microphone when he was only five years old. Today, at 23, he's ready to shake up the gospel music industry.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

The beat goes on in spite of pandemic

New jazz to lift the spirit

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Africa: Third Session of Negotiations On An International Plastics Treaty Advance in Nairobi

Press Release - The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-3), concluded today in Nairobi, Kenya, with agreement on a starting point for negotiations at the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Cyril Neville's First Performance Since the Pandemic - New Orleans Data News Weekly

Dionne Character Data News Weekly Columnist Recently, Cyril Neville gave an intimate performance at The Magnolia Mansion in New Orleans, while being accompanied by a three-piece band surrounding his soulful voice as the hard wood

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

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LOTTO Results edit post Daily Lotto results for Sunday, 28 February 2021 2021-02-28 edit post Lotto and Lotto Plus results for Saturday, 27 February 2021

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Zimbabwe: Zim Stars Deliver Epic Zimfest Live Blockbuster

[New Zimbabwe] LOCAL music luminaries led by Jah Prayzah on Saturday brought their A game to the nostalgic family event that was ZimFest Live 2021.

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Source: allAfrica.com

UWI students hold musical fundraiser for tuition fees - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Funding their higher education was a concern for students even before covid19. Now, with the pandemic restricting the ways money can be earned, postgraduate students, Kory Mendez and Anton Williams have teamed up to earn funds for their postgraduate studies at UWI. Both want to follow careers

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Source: Home - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Kenya: Take Five With Billy Black

He describes himself as "a 26-year-old boy from Migori living in Nairobi, who just finished his degree in sound engineering at the School of Audio Engineering in Cape

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Source: allAfrica.com

Uganda: Police Asks for Multi-Sectoral Approach to Prevention of Teenage Marriages

[Nile Post] Police of West Nile has raised concern about the prevalence of teenage pregnancies in the region urging different stakeholders to come up with a multi-sectoral approach to prevent such occurrences especially during this long school holiday.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Healing For The Hood - Milwaukee Community Journal

After a year hiatus Heal the Hood MKE is back! Join the fun on July 17th 2021 on 9th and Ring from 12pm to 5 PM. Enjoy the resource fair during the block party, featuring live music by Homer Blow /BlowRadio.Com. There will also be a martial arts show by Agape Yoga/ Jamila Carney. […]

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

White Hall Arts Academy receives $25,000 music grant -

LOS ANGELES — The White Hall Arts Academy has received a $25,000 grant from the Lewis Prize for Music. Founded in 2011 in the heart of the Crenshaw District, White Hall Arts Academy offers private music lessons and classes for all ages in piano, guitar/bass, voice, strings, drums, songwriting and

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Officer who arrested Elijah McClain found not guilty | New Pittsburgh Courier

Photo: Getty Images A verdict has been reached in the trial for a suspended Aurora, Colorado police officer who was facing charges in the death of Elijah McClain — a 23-year-old Black man whodied in 2019 after being restrained by policeand injected with ketamine by paramedics. On Monday (November

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Fisk Jubilee Singers Receive $1.5M Gift to Create Permanent Endowment - BNC

By: Kelton Brooks The Fisk Jubilee Singers received a $1.5 million anonymous donation to establish an endowment. Fisk, a Historically Black College and University in Nashville, Tennessee, announced on Thursday, Sept. 2, that the gift was one of the most significant donations ever made to the Fisk

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Academy of Musical Arts

The Academy of Musical Arts, founded by Anna Bobbit Gardner, has been providing music lessons in Boston for over 65 years. The Academy (originally called Pinaforte Studio) was started in the basement of her home on Claremont Park. When the school moved to its present site on Columbus Avenue, it

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Springboard Music Festivals announces new virtual event, Springboard Midwest | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Music festival and conference mash up brings aspiring musicians to viewers at home By Raymond Ward, The New 411 Springboard Music Festivals, dubbed the “music discovery festival,” announces its 14th event and first ever virtual music event, Springboard Midwest. The online event, originally slated

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series Kicks Off August 4 - Milwaukee Community Journal

Five summer concerts will kick off August 4 in Kenosha KENOSHA, WI – Make the Anderson Arts Center your live music destination this summer for the free 2020 Twilight Jazz Summer Concert Series taking place from August 4 through September 8. The series features regional jazz bands and legends

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Trini woman's frantic search for Carriacou family: 'I just want to be with them' - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Hours after Hurricane Beryl made landfall completely flattening the island of Carriacou, Trinidadian Emma Saxon saw drone footage of the destruction on social media. Saxon, who lives in Carriacou with her Grenadian husband Jeffrey Saxon and their Trinidadian-born daughter Emmalynn, recognis

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Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras present Six Concerts for the Community during the 2024/25 Season - Free Press of Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Fla. (November 1, 2024) — The Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras (JSYO) have a stellar season of performances in Jacoby Symphony Hall with all six ensemble levels. The first concert takes place November

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

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