In celebration of Juneteenth — marking the freeing of the last enslaved Americans, on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas — black artists have exercised their creative freedom with new music. And with June also being Black Music Month, it reminds us that music has always been an important part of the black experience in …
Aretha Franklin once hit up hit-maker Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds for relationship advice. “Five years ago I performed with Aretha . . . I sat in her [dressing] room and she told everyone to leave . . . then she said, ‘You be writing all these love songs and I want your advice,’ ” Edmonds recalled. “She said, ‘I’m seeing this …
In celebration of Juneteenth — marking the freeing of the last enslaved Americans, on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas — black artists have exercised their creative freedom with new music. And with June also being Black Music Month, it reminds us that music has always been an important part of the black experience in …
