Gil Scott-Heron Poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron was born in Chicago. His mother, Bobbie Scott-Heron, was an opera singer and a teacher, and his Jamaican-born father, Gilbert Heron, was the first professional black soccer player in the United States and the first to play on Celtic FC in Scotland. After his parents’ early divorce, Scott-Heron moved to Lincoln, Tennessee, to […]
www.npr.org During the early 1930s, Thomas Dorsey created gospel music — the African American religious music which married secular blues to a sacred text. Under the name “Georgia Tom” he performed with blues artist Ma Rainey and her Wild Cats Jazz Band. He wrote over 400 compositions, but it is for “Take My Hand, Precious Lord” that he is best […]
www.chicagoreader.com See the Bronzeville church that is the real birthplace of gospel Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, one of more than 350 Open House Chicago sites this weekend, is significant musically and architecturally. By Deanna Isaacs @deannaisaacs click to enlarge The sanctuary at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, at 45th and Vincennes DEANNA ISAACS FOR CHICAGO READER Open House Chicago 2019 Sat 10/19-Sun […]
Queen Cicely: Remembering Cicely Tyson, Who Embodied ‘Artistry and Elegance in Acting’ By Tim Gray www.variety.com ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Col America doesn’t have a system of knights or dames, as Britain, Australia and New Zealand do. If there were such a system, Cicely Tyson would have undoubtedly been honored. But Tyson, who died on Thursday, a month after her 96th birthday, didn’t need any […]
James Cameron (activist) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Cameron Born February 15, 1914 La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States Died June 11, 2006 (aged 92) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Occupation Political activist Years active 1940–2006 Known for Being a survivor of an attempted lynching Notable work Founding America’s Black Holocaust Museum Spouse(s) Virginia Hamiliton (m. 1938; his death 2006) Children 5 James Cameron (February 25, 1914 – June 11, 2006) was […]
Regina King on Her ‘One Night in Miami’ Production Crew: ‘They Were My Heroes’ By Tim Gray from www.variety.com Courtesy of Amazon/Everett Collection After directing multiple TV episodes, Regina King makes her big-screen directing debut with Amazon’s “One Night in Miami.” Kemp Powers adapted his play about a 1963 meeting of Jim Brown, Cassius Clay (before he became Muhammad Ali), Sam Cooke and […]
Delroy Lindo: Forgotten Black Stories Need to Be Celebrated (Guest Column) By Delroy Lindo Photo courtesy of Netflix I started writing these words on Jan. 20, 2021, a day of historical firsts: Kamala Harris was the first African American woman to be sworn in as Vice President of the United States of America. One of the first orders of business for […]
Archie Shepp, John Coltrane, Miles Davis: More to the Story By TOM RENEY • FEB 24, 2020 Jazz à la Mode Archie Shepp CREDIT MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL The documentary, Miles Davis: The Birth of the Cool, will be shown in the American Masters series on PBS on February 25. The film includes a scene in which Archie Shepp recalls an encounter he had with […]
“Son, You Hot!” Hampton Hawes & the Fire Inside HAMPTON HAWES (1928-1977) was one of the greatest jazz bebop pianists. But at the summit of his career, celebrated as New Star of the Year by Down Beat magazine in 1956, he had already a drug addiction that would lead to arrest and imprisonment. A career that had blossomed early with the greatest players of […]
Since 1996, the Florence Gospel Choir School has offered individual, group , choral lessons, performances and concerts, seminars, workshops and masterclasses in schools, colleges, universities, theaters, churches and performs for private events, and weddings. Singers, soloists and small groups are available for performances. I Nuovi Corsi 2019- 2020 (Autunno – L’Estate ) ogni giovedi’- ore 20:00 / Audizione ogni mercoledi […]
1- OPEN CALL for SINGERS / MUSICIANS FOR UP-COMING PERFORMING ARTS GROUP 2019. 2- SEPTEMBER OPEN CALL – RE-ORGANIZED FLORENCE GOSPEL CHOIR PREFERRED – Singers/Musicians who have experience singing or performing Gospel, Soul, Blues, R&B, Jazz, OR Classical. Flexibility is essential. MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE SINGING IN ENGLISH.
Eusebio De Cristofaro tells the story of migration in The Diaspora of the Mediterranean Sea. The Boat-Maker is an exhibition, a performance piece, partly living theatre in which a young African refugee recounts his crossing of the Sahara and arrival at the Northern passage, The Mediterranean Sea, which carries him to a final destination, Italy. It is not the usual recount […]
CD : Nehemiah H. Brown & The Faith Gospel Choir – CD Baby soon on I tunes – “The Long Road To Freedom” Dvd’s are now available for The Long Road To Freedom E’ disponibile su ITUNES Il brano Time To Heal di Nehemiah H Brown, contenuto nel suo ultimo CD All My Love. www,faithgospelchoir.it
www.faithgospelchoir.it “Mi tremano ancora le gambe: non riesco a tenerle ferme…che energia…che bello.. non si può far morire una cosa così bella” con queste parole, scritte in una mail, è iniziato il cammino del Faith Gospel Choir. Mi iscrissi di mala voglia, nel giugno 2005, al seminario di canto Gospel indetto a Carpi nell’ambito della “Festa più pazza del Mondo” […]
Read more ›Follow “How Come Me Here?” Celebrating Black History Month through Gospel Music In celebration of Black History Month, the U.S. Mission was honored to bring the sweet sound of gospel to the halls of the Palais des Nations. The program, featuring Maestro Nehemiah Brown and The Geneva Gospel Choir, traced the roots of gospel music in African American history and […]
Read more ›Eusebio De Cristofaro tells the story of migration in The Diaspora of the Mediterranean Sea. The Boat-Maker is an exhibition, a performance piece, partly living theatre in which a young African refugee recounts his crossing of the Sahara and arrival at the Northern passage, The Mediterranean Sea, which carries him to a final destination, Italy. It is not the usual recount […]
Read more ›The Character of Black Gospel Music: Gospel music incorporates distinctly African American traditions of performance and worship, reflecting the character of African American spirituality. The essence of gospel performance is participation. Gospel singers employ a wide range of vocal techniques and colorings to make their music emotionally compelling and to draw their listeners in. As is true in jazz and […]
Read more ›Eusebio De Cristofaro…. Architect, graphic designer. Art director of the Florence Gospel Choir School, African American music and culture in Florence. Poetry and Voice actor. “This is the Day” – Photographic Images by Eusebio De Cristofaro Feb. 23, 2018 Via della Spada, 47/R, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy IMAGES – MUSIC – POETRY And here’s the story, the mark left in the […]
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