For Pearl Jam, it was a long time coming. For 1,500 lucky fans, it was a dream come true. The Seattle Rock and Roll Hall of Famers made good Saturday night (Sept. 10) on a special show nearly ...
Roger Ross Williams retells the star-studded history of the legendary Apollo Theater while celebrating decades of Black art. Throughout the film, music historians and Apollo employees and regulars ...
Drake is standing in front of an unnamed music executive at an unnamed label boardroom, microphone in hand, with his talent put in question. He's asked to show what he's capable of, before launching ...
"I just never saw myself as, like, being on the Apollo stage," said inaugural Legacy Award recipient Babyface. Shahar Azran Photography As Johnny Gill sang in tribute to Babyface, “My, My, My.” That ...
The Root 100 returned bigger and better than ever on Thursday evening. Once again taking over the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem, the brightest stars descended upon the iconic space to celebrate ...
Singer Pharrell Williams wasn’t born when the Apollo Theater opened its doors to black entertainers, but he is now a proud part of its extraordinary legacy. “They paved the way, but they also paid a ...
Their names are part of the cultural vocabulary: Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Lionel Hampton, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Redd Foxx, Duke Ellington, Diana Ross. What ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NASA Historian Brian Odom helps set the ...