Angelique Kidjo Talks New Music & Memoir ‘Spirit Rising’
Angelique Kidjo recently released her memoir, Spirit Rising, followed by her 13th album, Eve, simultaneously. Both projects are platforms for the...
Akosua Report: Percussionist Max Roach
“…the community was just fraught with music. You could walk down the street; You heard people singing; you heard people playin’....
Wayne Wallace: ‘Your Art Should Go Hand-in-Hand With Your Social Consciousness’
Wayne Wallace is an acclaimed Afro-Latin jazz musician and eloquent public intellectual. This academic year, the multi-faceted, 61-year-old trombonist became a jazz...
2014 Golden Globes: ’12 Years A Slave’ Wins Best Picture
The highly-anticipated 2014 Golden Globe awards aired last night and there were few surprises. While the African Diaspora was well-represented in...
Poet and Activist Amiri Baraka Dies
NJ.com is reporting that longtime activist and NJ poet laureate Amiri Baraka has died. David Giambusso of the Star-Ledger writes:
Baraka was...
The Soul Rebels: ‘We Play and Perform Music That’s Akin to Our Bloodline’
The Soul Rebels are a hip, groundbreaking group out of New Orleans. The eight-member band performs jazz, hip hop, R&B, soul,...
Mara Brock Akil: ‘Being Mary Jane’ Shows Our Full Humanity
"This is one woman’s story. Sometimes we are saying one thing, but we are living something else. Sometimes we don’t act...
Akosua Report: Jazz Trumpeter Donald Byrd
“I met him in the 11th grade in Detroit,” he (Byrd) said. “I skipped school one day to see Dizzy Gillespie,...
The Burton Wire’s Top News Stories of 2013
As 2013 comes to a close, The Burton Wire brings you our top news stories from the African Diaspora in 2013....
The Burton Wire's Christmas Playlist
The Burton Wire would like to wish you a safe and Happy Holiday season! To help you get into the Christmas...
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