We are into July and for my money, a particularly good time to enjoy some sweet reggae music. This “Fresh Reggae Tracks” playlist is devoted to new reggae. Many of these tracks were released this year ...

This “Fresh Reggae Tracks” playlist is devoted to new reggae. Many of these tracks were released this year, while others are from recent years. Reggae has always been infused with social change, love, ...

Happy Music Monday, you all. And welcome to this second week of Black Music Month. Everyone can shake a tail feather on “The One”. It is a celebratory film looking at one of history’s most important ...

This “Great Moments in Funk aka Funk 101” playlist offers the classic funk songs featured in the film and includes many hip hop tracks that sample them. I’ve also added modern funk disciples like Silk ...

Born 100 years ago today as Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska and known primarily as Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz ‎ was an African-American minister for the Nation of Islam and ...

Happy Music Monday, you all. It’s your pal and musician marshal is back with another dose of fine tunes. Though Sinners, which arrived in theaters three weeks ago, is his first film not derived from ...

This wonderful film captures the Sly Stone’s rise, reign and subsequent fadeout, and as the subtitle suggests, sheds light on the unseen and often unspoken burden that comes with success for Black ...

This wonderful film captures the Sly Stone’s rise, reign and subsequent fadeout, and as the subtitle suggests, sheds light on the unseen and often unspoken burden that comes with success for Black ...

Born on this day in 1915, Rosetta Tharpe revolutionized the sound of electric guitar by using distortion with her unique phrasing & picking, inspiring Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Johnny Cash &… ...

In 1945, Lionel Hampton spotted a five year-old boogying so hard during his concert in Los Angeles, that the legendary the vibraphonist handed young Roy Ayers his first pair of mallets. Roy Ayers went ...

Happy January Music Monday and MLK Day here at Good Black News! It’s your friend and selector, your sonic chauffeur, your groove conductor, Marlon, back again. I’m delighted to offer up this first of ...

Happy Music Monday, you all! Once again it’s your friend and selector, Marlon West, with another collection for listening and, this time, voting pleasure. That is unless you are the kind of voter more ...