/tags/black-heritage-music black heritage music en-US WLRN Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:07:01 GMT /2022-02-04/palm-beach-county-schools-mental-health-harlem-renaissance-wildlife-thursday-birding Palm Beach County schools hope to use a grant to help solve the growing mental health crisis. Miami celebrates the music of the Harlem Renaissance. And it’s Wildlife Thursday, a new series this month on Sundial. We’re talking all things birds. Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:07:01 GMT /2022-02-04/palm-beach-county-schools-mental-health-harlem-renaissance-wildlife-thursday-birding Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Caitie Muñoz /2020-05-10/betty-wright-soul-icon-who-sang-clean-up-woman-has-died-at-age-66 The singer is known for a roster of hits that included the songs "Dance With Me" and "No Pain No Gain." She died following a battle with cancer. Sun, 10 May 2020 23:44:03 GMT /2020-05-10/betty-wright-soul-icon-who-sang-clean-up-woman-has-died-at-age-66 Jason Slotkin /culture/2015-01-07/miamis-king-sporty-buffalo-soldier-songwriter-dies-at-71 Noel “King Sporty” Williams, reggae songwriter and DJ, died at Jackson Memorial Hospital Monday evening. He was 71.Williams was a prolific, if not widely… Wed, 07 Jan 2015 21:04:49 GMT /culture/2015-01-07/miamis-king-sporty-buffalo-soldier-songwriter-dies-at-71 Anthony Cook /news/2014-09-22/the-revolution-and-evolution-of-miami-music-business Can you name these songs? OK, so what do they have in common? All of these songs, either in whole or part, were recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami. It… Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:43:39 GMT /news/2014-09-22/the-revolution-and-evolution-of-miami-music-business Tom Hudson /news/2014-08-26/how-a-historic-theater-is-using-band-camp-to-revitalize-overtown For the past few decades, Miami’s historically black Overtown neighborhood has struggled with crime and poverty. Sharing in that decline was the Lyric… Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:05:00 GMT /news/2014-08-26/how-a-historic-theater-is-using-band-camp-to-revitalize-overtown /news/2014-02-13/hear-floridas-black-history-through-song The unnamed hurricane that devastated South Florida in 1926 left hundreds dead and caused an economic crisis. The powerful storm remained in the minds of… Thu, 13 Feb 2014 17:20:40 GMT /news/2014-02-13/hear-floridas-black-history-through-song Diego Saldaña-Rojas /show/south-florida-arts-beat/2013-08-30/coconut-grove-black-heritage-music-series Due to the live press conference at 1pm this segment did not air live on South Florida Arts Beat. Hear it now: The Coconut Grove Cultural Arts Program… Fri, 30 Aug 2013 23:00:00 GMT /show/south-florida-arts-beat/2013-08-30/coconut-grove-black-heritage-music-series /show/south-florida-arts-beat/2013-08-30/black-heritage-music-series-sunday-afternoons-of-music-frost-art-museum-and-broward-arts-calendar 08/30/13 - On the next South Florida Arts Beat, The Coconut Grove Black Heritage Music Series launches this weekend featuring two local music legends.… Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:00:00 GMT /show/south-florida-arts-beat/2013-08-30/black-heritage-music-series-sunday-afternoons-of-music-frost-art-museum-and-broward-arts-calendar