We Are Family — The Story of the African American Composer Initiative

with LaDoris Cordell, Jodi Gandolfi, Deanne Tucker
Composers: Regina Baiocchi, Jeremiah Evans, Joshua McGhee
Hosted by Jeannie Gayle Pool

Saturday, 28 February 2026
12pm PST (UTC-08)
Free & Online. Register here:
https://twp.ai/ImvxLc

#ASMAC #AACI #AfricanAmericanComposerInitiative #BlackHistory #BlackMusicHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #AfricanAmericanComposers #Composers #AmericanSocietyofMusicArrangersandComposers

Lady You Shot Me! Who Killed Sam Cooke? (Crime Documentary) | Real Stories

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/qYAqAjqi9dCxxdu33Fx1Jv

Sly Stone: The Revolutionary Pioneer Who Transformed Black Music Forever

https://vibesmagazine.blog/sly-stone-the-revolutionary-pioneer-who-transformed-black-music-forever/

#1960sMusic, #1970sMusic, #AfricanAmericanMusicians, #BayAreaFunk, #BlackMusicHistory, #CivilRightsMusic, #FunkMusic, #FunkPioneers, #Hip-hopInfluence, #MusicProduction, #MusicalInnovation, #PsychedelicSoul, #R&BEvolution, #RacialIntegrationMusic, #SamplingCulture, #SlyAndTheFamilyStone, #SlyStone, #SoulMusic, #TheresARiotGoinOn, #Underground, #Vibes_mgzn, #Woodstock1969

Strange Fruit - #BillieHoliday (1939)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Web007rzSOI

This song was a profound & powerful depiction of Billie Holiday’s horror over a #lynching. It was #BannedInTheUSA radio for its heavy, morbid content upon its release in 1939. As dark as the lyrics were, this was a song that the public truly needed to hear at the time. In 1965, Billie Holiday’s #music was #censored again when #ABCradio refused to play “Love for Sale” as the #song’s #lyrics were about #prostitution.

#BlackWomenInMusic #JazzSinger #BannedMusic #BlackWomenInJazz #BlackMusicHistory #BannedSongs #MusicHistory #JazzMusic

#TheShirelles (November, 1960) “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” is a #song about the day following an intimate encounter with a man. It is nothing less than an #American #music classic. It made history by becoming the first #1 hit by a #BlackFemaleGroup. It was also first #1 on the #BillboardHot100 charts, which debuted in 1958. The song was #banned by #radio stations for its mild sexual content, but it still sold over a million copies.

https://youtu.be/Y2e8B2CmicQ?si=mhB6IMyK9q5exjZv

#OldiesMusic #BlackWomenInMusic #BlackMusicHistory #BannedMusic #MusicHistory

Rest in endless cowbell, Floyd Sneed. You rocked my childhood and brought Joy To The World.

#drummers #blackmusichistory

https://www.moderndrummer.com/2023/02/three-dog-night-drummer-floyd-sneed-dies-at-80/