Saturday March 15 the NC Symphony is working with Grammy winner Rhiannon Giddens in an interesting project. She will be singing traditional, classical/jazz selections. She will also present some of ...

It began with a late 18th century version of a social media blast — word of mouth and occasional shouts to passersby encouraging their attendance at a new show by fresh-faced performers moments after ...

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid shared a video examining claims that 'Jingle Bells' has roots in 19th-century minstrel shows.

Listen up! or stream it below. If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Though you may recognize part of the popular minstrel show number “Mr. Catfish” from the folk ...

If U Black Niggas Network, the satirical television station at the center of the 2005 Atlantic Records debut by Durham’s Little Brother, had been a real cable network, the tone of the broadcast would ...

Every film production has its own stories of research and discovery. For Stephen Foster producers Beth Hager and Randy MacLowry, creating the dances Stephen Foster would have seen was a major ...

Worried with the proliferation of gospel music in Nigeria, Africa and the World, the Minstrels digital music app platform powered by eTranzact in collaboration with LifeTree Resources Inc and leading ...

Following the success of Determined to Stand: The Reinvention of Bob Dylan, literary and cultural commentator Chris Gregory returns with Minstrel Boy, the second volume in his ambitious Picasso of ...

Daniel Partner plays old-school American dance music, and he's exceedingly particular about how authentically he presents it. Before we proceed, cast out of your mind the vision of a DJ spinning ...