brass-infused “This Christmas,” a song which jazz and blues maestro Phil Upchurch has since described as “the premiere holiday song written by an African American.” Accordingly ...
One of the most enduring Christmas songs of the past 60 years is Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas.” Hathaway’s drummer once said the track was designed to resonate with Black audiences. He also ...
Many songs celebrating the holiday are written by African Americans — people we know — and whose music has always given us life. Christmas Carols, like all hymns, tell the story of our faith ...
THIS IS ABOUT CHILDREN IN ETHIOPIA, BY THE WAY! I just feel some type of way about a song that assumes African children have no idea what Christmas is and that the greatest gift they’ll receive ...
Christmas Carols, like all hymns, tell the story of our faith and give us ... This song was written by Robert MacGimsey, who was not African American but wanted the song to appear to have that origin.