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African American journalists went where the mainstream didnt. Their work had a national impact still felt today.

Scott Joplin was born in Texas and became one of the most famous musicians in America by the turn of the century, only to die penniless and forgotten in 1917. His story is told on TPR Classical's African American Voices series.

THE DJANGO, downtown Manhattan’s premier jazz club, will continue to host today’s jazz legends and rising stars. On February 3, The Django celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Brooklyn-based record label, La Reserve, with special performances by the label’s artists.

The Summer Sound Series will feature some of the best local musicians from the Greater New Bedford area.

Monday April 19th, 2021 8:08am You could use whatever kind of stick you wanted, but it was still hard to get a turnover from John Grant Jr. when he was ragging the ball. (Photo: Tim Prothero, VintageLax) American pianist Scott Joplin was known as the “King of Ragtime”. The Maple Leaf Rag, one of his most famous compositions, epitomizes the musical style whose defining characteristic is a type of syncopation in which melodic accents fall between metrical beats. Once upon a time, in lacrosse ...

Paul Fearn/Alamy Scott Joplin, called the “King of Ragtime,” published the most successful of the early rags, “The Maple Leaf Rag,” in 1899. Joplin, who considered ragtime a permanent and serious branch of classical music, composed hundreds of short pieces, a set of études, and operas in the style. Other important performers were, in St. Louis, Louis Chauvin and Thomas M. Turpin (father of St. Louis ragtime) and, in New Orleans, Tony Jackson. Though ragtime’s heyday was relatively sh...

John Cowan, a true renaissance man, was put on this earth by John and Marian Faustman on May 17, 1950, in Baltimore, Maryland. John’s parents ran a traveling marionette show and even had a patent for a hand puppet approved just a few months after his birth. The family moved to Chicago and then to Appleton, Wisconsin. The marionettes built for their traveling show can still be seen today at the International Puppetry Museum in Pasadena, California. John left Wisconsin to go to the Universit...

Source: Undertow Media Celebrate the Holidays with Unique Concert Special from the Makers of Canada’s Beloved MURDOCH MYSTERIES Period Drama with Contemporary Classical Pieces and Series Highlights Performed by Toronto Symphony Orchestra Musicians A MUSIC LOVER’S GUIDE TO MURDOCH MYSTERIES Hosted by Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) NZ Streaming Premiere on Acorn TV on Christmas Eve Acorn TV typically delights fans every Christmas with the new season of Canada’s long-...

Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 11:33 am Acorn TV typically delights fans every Christmas with the new season of Canada’s long-running, award-winning period drama Murdoch Mysteries. But since shoots were delayed this fall due to COVID-19, Acorn TV and the producers of this series have gifted their fans with a one-of-a-kind event: a one-hour intimate concert special celebrating the evocative music popular during the series’ turn of the 20th Century era, including much-loved highlights from the d...

Celebrate the Holidays with Unique Concert Special from the Makers of MURDOCH MYSTERIES Acorn TV typically delights fans every Christmas with the new season of Canadas long-running, award-winning period drama Murdoch Mysteries. But since shoots were delayed this fall due to COVID-19, Acorn TV and the producers of this series have gifted their fans with a one-of-a-kind event: a one-hour intimate concert special celebrating the evocative music popular during the series turn of the 20th Century e...