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*NEW YORK, NY – It’s being called groundbreaking. It’s the new feature-length hip-hop/R&B musical Hal Kingand it’s scheduled to be released by Gravitas Ventures and it will premiere across platforms on Tuesday (02-09-21). Set in a late-1950s jazz-era Midwestern town, Hal King brilliantly modernizes and musicalizes William Shakespeare’s Henry IV and Henry V, and the iconic character of Young Hal. Hal King opens in a speakeasy, where the jazz is smooth and the good times flow. Young...

Share The Office of Multicultural Affairs, in partnership with student organizations and University partners, invites the campus community to Syracuse University’s month-long Black History Month celebration. The celebration includes a lineup of incredible and thought-provoking speakers, an esports tournament, music, art exhibition and other events. The celebration officially begins on Monday, Feb. 1 at 5 p.m., with the Kickoff Alumni Concert featuring Malcolm-Ali Davis (also known as Ma...

Museum dedicated to Black American music opens in Nashville TheGrio spoke with the CEO of the National Museum of African-American Music, which opened to the public Saturday. Donny Hathaway once said in a 1973 Sun-Reporter interview that “American music is Black music.” When asked in what way, his answer was simple, definitive and truthful: “In every way.” All American music, contemporary or otherwise, can be traced back to pioneering Black geniuses, channeling the tradition of Africa...

Both singles from the MO’ JAZZIN album were picked up by Sirius XM the day they hit radio. Also, ‘KEEP WORKING IT OUT’ ft., Indie Soul King, Eric Roberson is a charting hit in Europe. Adding to the ‘MO JAZZIN’ project’s brilliance is the world-renowned cast of musicians featured on the recordings, Norman Brown, Eric Roberson, Marion Meadows, Paul Jackson, Jr., Nils, Kashan Curry, and Joshua Britt. In time for NAACP Image Award consideration, Johnny Britt kicks off the new year wi...

Alexandrias Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Goes Virtual Patch 1/8/2021 Emily Leayman © Emily Leayman/Patch A virtual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration will be held virtually in Alexandria on Jan. 15. ALEXANDRIA, VA — A celebration honoring Martin Luther King Jr. will be held virtually in Alexandria this year on Friday, Jan. 15. The 48th annual program, titled "The Fierce Urgency of Building the Beloved Community," is presented by the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial P...

*The pandemic restrictions in 2020, which started in March, slowed the entertainment industry down, but it didn’t stop the flow of coverage by The Pulse of Entertainment. Highlights for the year included my interviews with Academy Award-winning Harrison Ford (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) about his role in the 20 th Century Fox remake presentation of The Call of the Wild, 16-time Grammy Award-winning Brian McKnight (“Back at One”) about his last album “Exodus,” and famed film d...