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Black Music Month
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Tiny Desk Celebrates BET’s Legacy | Starting with Floetry Concert
This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk celebrates the undeniable legacy of BET. One of our partners and the network that put Black artistry first! The sets reflect the essence of Black music. One of our favorites, Floetry took a moment from its first tour in a decade to stop by the Tiny Desk. A multi-generational month-long lineup that also includes…
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UB Black Music Spotlight: The Unprecedented Phyllis Hyman
As with every Black Music Month, UB is presenting artist spotlight features, to celebrate great R&B artists! As this years celebration comes to an end, we celebrate an artist that is truly missed and one of a kind, Phyllis Hyman. Phyllis Hyman, was an enduring vocalist who, while not garnering an over-whelming number of chart hits over her 18-year, seven…
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UB Black Music Spotlight: Celebrating The Bad Boys of R&B Jodeci
As with every Black Music Month, UB is presenting artist spotlight features, to celebrate great R&B artists! As this years celebration comes to an end, we celebrate a group of guys who created the marriage of streetwise hip-hop to romantic R&B, Jodeci! The kings of Hip-Hop Soul and hailed as The Bad Boys of R&B. K-Ci, DeVante Swing, JoJo, and…
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UB Black Music Spotlight: Celebrating Legendary Tupac Shakur
Today is the late great Tupac Amaru Shakur‘s birthday, known as 2Pac, born June 16th, 1971. For Black Music Month we celebrate the legendary artist! The late 2Pacis an internationally recognized artist renowned for his work, defying distinction between art and activism. Though his career lasted just five years, Tupac Shakur remains one of the most complex and prolific artists…
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UB Black Music Spotlight: Celebrating Jesse Powell
As with every Black Music Month, UB is presenting artist spotlight features, to celebrate great R&B artists! The late singer/songwriter Jesse Powell, with the signature falsetto, was born in Gary, Indiana on September 12th, 1970, he passed away September 13th, 2022. Jesse Powell began molding his singing style at the tender age of 7. “I had my first band then,”…
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UB Black Music Spotlight: Celebrating Pioneer Anita Baker
As with every Black Music Month, UB is presenting artist spotlight features, to celebrate the legends! Legendary Anita Baker is a multiple Grammy Award winner, composer, producer, mother and all-around superstar. Anita Baker emerged in the 1980’s as one of the leading artists in the ‘quiet storm’ genre, distinguished by understated dynamics and relaxed tempos and rhythms. As one of…
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UB Black Music Spotlight: Celebrating Tony Thompson and Hi-Five
Today June 1st is the kick off day of Black Music Month 2025! As with every year UB is gearing up to launch some exciting new features! To lead off this years celebration, we celebrate a talent that was taken from us far too soon, Tony Thompson. Tony Thompson passed away on this day in 2007. This year marks the…
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Legendary Melba Moore Talks Black Music + More with UB
For Black Music Month, UB is celebrating Women In R&B. On this last day of June we ReVisit our 2022 interview with legendary Melba Moore! Melba Moore was born on November 29th, 1945 in New York City to Teddy Hill and Gertrude Smith Moorman, who performed under the name Bonnie Davis. Her mother was born in the Deep South, and…
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SWV: Tiny Desk Concert Premiere
Today NPR‘s “Tiny Desk” concludes their Black Music Month celebration with the catalyst for the all-female lineup, legendary SWV. The lineup also included; Tems, Chaka Khan, Tierra Whack, Kierra Sheard, Lakecia Benjamin, Meshell Ndegeocello, Brittney Spencer, and Flo Milli. The special series theme is “Giving women their flowers.” After each concert, musicians are given their favorite flowers in honor of…
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UB Black Music Month Spotlight: 35th Anniversary of Guy
New Jack Swing was in full effect in 1988, the year that Keith Sweat’s “I Want Her” and Johnny Kemp’s “Just Got Paid” burst onto the charts blessed by the gifted hand of budding, Harlem-bred musician, writer, performer and producer Teddy Riley. But it was “Groove Me,” the debut single by Riley’s trio Guy, that rang the alarm. Guy became…
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