Black Christmas carols shine as the ultimate holiday vibe, spreading unmatched cheer and leaving classic tunes in their ...
Christmas, Kwanzaa begins its week-long celebration of African history, values, family, community and culture. Here's what to ...
This charity song is an easy pick given the general, negative sentiment toward it, and even co-writer Bob Geldof has called ...
From controversial classics like ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ to more contemporary tracks like ‘Don’t Shoot Me Santa,’ these ...
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 ...
It’s hard to imagine Christmas without Christmas carols. Here are some of the history and traditions, as well as ...
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 ...
The Christmas season is already here ... These artists have demonstrated that West African music is a way of life that everyone should follow.
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.