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Maggie Rose Holds Space for Women in the Music Industry to Tell Their Stories In the latest installment of our series on local podcasts, we talk to the host of Salute the Songbird Tweet Maggie Rose Maggie Rose has spent the better part of the past decade playing music professionally, her days filled with writing, recording, touring and collaborating. She released her debut album Cut to Impress in 2013. Packed with genre-defying songs Rose had co-written with highly respected songwriters including Shelly Fairchild, Brandy Clark and Cam, it received critical acclaim an...

Fisk Jubilee Singers (2019-2020) *The Fisk Jubilee Singers, founded at the HBCU 150 years ago and instrumental in preserving America’s treasured Negro spirituals, has added another accolade to its rich history – a Grammy Award. At Sunday’s pre-telecast “Premiere Ceremony,” the vocal group’s “Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)” was named Best Roots Gospel Album, earning them their first-ever Grammy award. “Hallelujah,” said director Dr. Paul Kwami in his acceptance speech who has served as the group’s musical director since 1994. Watch below: When Fisk Unive...

The Belcourt to Take This Year's Red Carpet Evening Online See the details on this year's online Oscars celebration, plus our notes on this year's field of nominees Tweet Share The 2021 Oscar nominations were announced today. Also announced today: The Belcourt will keep its annual Oscar-night festivities going at home with its first-ever virtual rendition of A Red Carpet Evening set for Sunday, April 25. A release says that guests will be able to pick up curated boxes from 3-5 p.m. at the Belcourt’s Red Carpet drive-thru, and that the event will begin with a ...

Alabama’s Jimmy Hall shared in Grammy win by Fisk Jubilee Singers Updated Mar 15, 2021; Posted Mar 15, 2021 The Fisk Jubilee Singers with Director Dr. Paul Kwami in front of Fisk's Harris Music Building.Pat Casey Daley Facebook Share It turns out Brittany Howard wasn’t the only Alabama artist to share in Grammy honors Sunday night: A project featuring the multitalented Jimmy Hall won the roots gospel category announced during preliminaries before the main awards telecast. By Monday afternoon Hall’s phone was nearing meltdown. “I can’t get away from it, but I’m not going to compl...

Premiere: Leigh Nash and Ruby Amanfu Call For Unity in New Song “Good Trouble” “Allowing ourselves to be vulnerable and to be seen, on both sides of the table, is where we have to begin,” Amanfu says Sixpence None the Richer lead singer Leigh Nash teamed with Ruby Amanfu and Matt Maher to craft the new ballad “Good Trouble,” inspired by the words of the late Congressman John Lewis, whose “Get in good trouble” quote became both a call to action to dismantle systemic racism, and a source of hope for generations. The sparse video clip allows the song’s powe...