Jimi Hendrix Honored With NY Street After Five-Decade Fight
Jimi Hendrix in 1970 (Getty Images) New York City’s W. 8th Street has a new name in honor of one of the city’s myriad musical luminaries: Jimi Hendrix Way. An unveiling ceremony was held, June 10. The newly minted street is located in Greenwich...
Damion Hall Joins JaroGO For ‘Perfect Designer’
Damion Hall Signals a New Creative Chapter Damion Hall is preparing a new chapter, and JaroGO Media appears to be part of the movement. The celebrated vocalist, known to R&B fans as a member of the era-defining group Guy, recently took to social...
Silkroad’s new face: Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens
Silkroad, the acclaimed international musical collective with a social conscience, has a new face — and a fresh sense of purpose. Grammy-winning folk singer and instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens is Silkroad’s new artistic director, taking the...
HBO to adapt Ta-Nehisi Coates’ ‘Between the World and Me’
NEW YORK (AP) — A stage production of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me,” his prize winning book about racism and police violence, is being adapted by HBO for a special this fall. HBO announced Thursday that the program...