NEW YORK (AP) – Andrew Stroud (STROWD), a former New York City police detective who was singer Nina Simone’s ex-husband and one-time manager, has died. He was 86. His niece Joyce Stroud said he died ...

Elton John discussed the iconic singer he knew wouldn’t sing again. The legendary pianist himself belongs to a higher class ...

TRYON, N.C. (WTVD) -- Efforts continue to preserve the childhood home of music legend Nina Simone. Restoration of the western North Carolina home where the singer lived in her early years is in full ...

Of all the young artists who got their start in the early days of the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, Apphia Campbell has likely had the most eclectic and international career. Campbell returns to ...

Longtime Davidson College English professor Brenda Flanagan teaches creative writing, Caribbean and African-American literature, and literary analysis. She’s working on a memoir about her year working ...

U.S. born singer Nina Simone's daughter, Lisa Simone, left, and South African singer Myriam Makeba leave Notre Dame de I'Ascension Church after Nina Simone's funeral Friday in Carry-Le-Rouet, southern ...

The luminary musician Roberta Flack was not in the 2004 edition of “The Rolling Stone Album Guide.” But on this episode of “Cannonball,” Wesley Morris, the host, makes the case for why she would be in ...