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AI lectures, Old West folk heroes and Mark Twain: what is Bob Dylan up to joining Patreon?

By far the biggest musician to have joined the membership-based platform, Dylan’s posts have so far been puzzling – and therefore entirely in character

The Guardian - UK

Marie and Rosetta at @sohoplace: Beverley Knight and Ntombizodwa Ndlovu give stunning vocal performances

3/5 The script is ponderous, but thrilling songs bring the story of musical pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe to life

Evening Standard

In photos: Jesse Jackson's life, activism and politics

His career in activism and politics coincided with a national transformation in civil rights and inequality

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Clergy protests against ICE turned to a classic – and powerful – American playlist

On Jan. 28, 2026, Bruce Springsteen released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a hard-hitting protest against the immigration enforcement surge in the city, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The song is all over social media, and the official video has already been streamed more than 5 million times.…

The Conversation

‘It’s dark in the US right now. But I turn on a light, you know?’: Mavis Staples on Prince, Martin Luther King and her 75-year singing career

As she releases a new album, the soul and gospel legend answers your questions on Stax Records, duetting with David Byrne, and the fight for civil rights

The Guardian - UK

Marie and Rosetta at the Rose Theatre, Kingston: magnificent singing, pedestrian script

3/5 Beverley Knight and Ntombizodwa Ndlovu shine as the gospel singer Sister Rosetta Tharp and her younger sister, but are undermined by the script

Evening Standard

My Guilty Pleasure: I Enjoy Southern Gospel Because It Hardly Makes Me Feel at All

As a consequence of growing up Black in a white world, I am comfortable feeling alienated from my own emotions

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Open House Chicago gives a rare look at usually closed-off architecture: ‘It’s like nothing else’

The annual, self-guided history and architecture festival that spans the city gave residents a look into buildings and spaces often closed to the public.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson made a suggestion during the 1963 March on Washington − and it changed a good speech to a majestic sermon on an American dream

Every now and then, a voice can matter. Mahalia Jackson had one of them.

The Conversation

MLK's dream for America is one of the stars of the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington

The last part of the speech took less time to deliver than it takes to boil an egg, but “I Have A Dream” is one of American history’s most famous orations and most inspiring

The Independent UK

"We’re heading somewhere beautiful and peaceful, but it may take some time to get there and there may be some fighting on the way": A tribute to Sinead O'Connor, pop star, protest singer and eternal rebel

Irish music writer Stuart Bailie remembers the Sinéad O’Connor he knew

Louder

New Chicago monuments will honor police torture victims, labor leader Mother Jones and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, among others

CHICAGO — The city of Chicago will spend $6.8 million in grant money on eight new monuments, including a memorial for police torture victims, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Monday.

Chicago Tribune

Harlem Festival of Culture lineup to feature hometown acts Doug E. Fresh, Teyana Taylor, Cam’ron

NEW YORK — Several of Harlem’s hometown heroes will take part in the upcoming event inspired by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Oscar-winning documentary “Summer of Soul.”

Tribune News Service

Rolling Stone hails Aretha Franklin as greatest singer of all time

DETROIT — Rolling Stone ranks Aretha Franklin No. 1 in its list of the "greatest singers of all time" on Sunday.

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How sweet the sound: new orchestral piece to celebrate 250 years of Amazing Grace

Majority-black orchestra celebrates song first heard on New Year’s Day 1773 when repentant former slave trader declaimed verses in church

The Guardian - UK

Monsters of doc: Mark Kermode’s top 20 music documentaries

For our festival-averse film critic, movies about concerts and musicians are essential viewing – and he believes we are living through a golden age for the form

Los Angeles Times

How the star of 'Till' found the strength to play 'the mother lode' of roles

LOS ANGELES — Danielle Deadwyler vividly recalls what went through her mind when she learned that she had landed the lead role in "Till," a new film centered on civil rights advocate Mamie Till-Mobley and her fight for justice following the brutal slaying of her son Emmett Till in the…

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh’s film festival changed culture. Its closure is a serious loss to cinema

Global film greats flocked to the festival because of its dedication to the art – and because they know great pictures are nothing without great picturehouses

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Singer Jim Post, Chicago folk music star who hit big with ‘Reach Out of the Darkness,’ dead at 82

Chicago performer Corky Siegel said, “I think he was just the greatest in the Chicago folk scene.” He later reinvented himself, writing and performing in one-man plays about Mark Twain.

Chicago Sun-Times

Statue of gospel legend Mahalia Jackson to be unveiled at memorial plaza in Chatham

Jackson died in 1972, but her legacy lives on. The longtime Chicago resident is said to have influenced the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech after she performed at the March on Washington in 1963.

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: election legal challenge, coal emissions fall, NDIS participants stuck in hospital

Friday: Teal independent plans legal action after AEC says some Covid-positive people ‘may not be able to vote’. Plus: the moments that lit up the campaign

The Guardian - UK

‘She told Martin Luther King: tell ’em about the dream!’ The eternal life of gospel singer Mahalia Jackson

Fifty years after her death, friends and fans including Al Sharpton assess the legacy of a singer who took gospel mainstream and became ‘as big as Beyoncé’

Tribune News Service

Harlem Festival of Culture, inspired by Oscar-winning ‘Summer of Soul,’ planned for 2023

NEW YORK — It’ll be 1969 all over again, when that year’s Harlem Cultural Festival makes a comeback.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Now that we’ve honored King, let’s honor Mahalia Jackson, his greatest ‘editor’

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it would have been fitting to honor Mahalia Jackson, too.

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