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With the announcement of a massive $800 million development near the KC Current riverfront stadium, the focus is on an agency in Kansas City you may not have heard of: Port KC.
Listen to WMOT's On-Air Special Report about NMAAM. There have been multi-artist box sets, documentaries about key artists and genres and much scholarship on the subject, but there are some things only a well-designed museum can do, with its immersive command on our attention and its cross-generational appeal. And now, after almost twenty years of talking, imagining, fund-raising, construction and research, the National Museum of African American Music is open in the heart of downtown Music City. It’s a first-of-its-kind experience, a $60 million investment in the city’s cultural life and...
© Jason Kempin/Getty Images The National Museum of African American Music in Nashville opened to the public over the weekend, giving visitors a look into the history of Black artists from musical genres ranging from blues and jazz to hip hop and rock 'n' roll. The museum, which debuted on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 18, officially opened its doors on Saturday with a mission of “preserving and celebrating the many music genres created, influenced, and inspired by African Americans,” according to the museum’s website. “We’re not focusing on one genre of music or one type ...
Story by Kristen Rogers, video by Channon Hodge, CNN • Updated 28th January 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Up next (CNN) — As more people are starting to learn about the history of African Americans, there is one component that's particularly integral to understanding the national culture: music. African American artists created and influenced genres from the blues, jazz and hip-hop to rock and roll. Bluesmen Muddy Waters and B.B. King electrified that genre and galvanized rock guitarists, and trumpeter and composer Louis Armstrong changed the jazz landscape — all building on traditions bro...
The National Museum of African American Music is now open