The late Marianne Faithfull had the perfect name for a convent-educated pop singer in the early 1960s. Even better, it was her real name, unlike other stars of the time such as Cilla Black (born ...

Pixie Greatorex set up Shropshire Speed Dating to help people in rural areas find love [BBC] ...

No-- Oh, no. Most great writers don't get started till they've necked a pint of gin. Cilla Black: ♪ You're my world, you're every breath ♪ ♪ I take ♪ ♪ You're my world, you're every move ...

The Stax Music Academy in Memphis is marking its 25th anniversary with Black History Month-themed concerts on Feb. 21.

Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Ledisi will perform the Black national anthem at the 2025 Super Bowl. For the fifth year in a row, the Super Bowl pregame show will feature a performance of ...

She interviewed 127 people from all racial and ethnic backgrounds — Black, Hispanic ... particularly by young people of color and their allies, and the enduring fight to uphold the freedoms ...

Aberdeenshire singer Ellie Beaton has been named the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician for 2025. The 22-year-old from Rothienorman recently graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of ...

(WTVM) - February is Black History Month and to celebrate ... her “The Mother of Blues” was an African American blues singer from Columbus and what used to be her home is now a museum for ...

An Orthodox rabbi who's also a drag queen, lesbian songstress Janis Ian, and gay Beatles manager Brian Epstein are among the ...

were hosted by Black men. However, a Black woman paved the way for their achievements. In 1939, Ethel Waters — a blues singer and actress — became the first Black person to host a show on ...