black music month
WURD Speaks Black Music Month celebration examined the music of our struggle — yesterday and today — artists who carried the torch in times past and those who continue to keep the torch lit. We know that music has played a pivotal role in every movement for Black liberation. Today is no different. This interactive event […]
WURD Speaks Black Music Month celebration examined the music of our struggle — yesterday and today — artists who carried the torch in times past and those who continue to keep the torch lit. We know that music has played a pivotal role in every movement for Black liberation. Today is no different. This interactive […]
In recognition of Black Music Month, we bring you a conversation about message music — protest music, socially conscious music, whatever you want to call it — and the roots of Philadelphia-raised rapper ARSIN. After an upbringing in a rough neighborhood known as The Bottom — where, by his count, 45 friends of his friends have […]
Sara Lomax-Reese, our president and general manager, and Dr. James Peterson, Director of Africana Studies at Lehigh University, speak with NBC-10’s Vai Sikahema about WURD’s Black Music Month 2015 panel discussion, WURD Speaks – Black Music Matters: The Blue-Eyed Soul Takeover?
Join 900AM WURD for our next WURD Speaks event where we tackle the tough issue of cultural appropriation.
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Penn professor explores history, impact of freedom music
WURD Radio
June 22, 2021