Archives: Artists
Maxine Sullivan
Born the same year as the first International Women’s Day. Maxine Sullivan (1911-1987) was born Marietta Williams in Homestead, Pennsylvania (nor far from Pittsburgh). She came to New York City […]
Billie Holiday
Eleanora Fagan was born April 7th, 1915 in Philadelphia and grew up in Baltimore. She took her professional name from one of her idols, the actress Billie Dove. She never […]
Hattie Gosset
Ms. Gossett creates words for the page (books, magazines, newspapers, journals) and the stage (spoken word performance, film, theater and dance), including a live musical soundscape with Pyeng Threadgill. Her […]
SPANK
SPANK, an acapella doo wop quartet, is based in New York City and has become one of the premier acts the City has to offer. They apply their superb vocal […]
Afri-Garifuna Jazz originated at 1474 Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn in the spring of 2011. The new musical art form has a unique and distinct sound because it incorporates the traditional […]
Quarteto Aché
Los Artesanos de la Plena
Malang Djobateh
Benjy Melendez
Quartette Indigo
Akua Dixon, cello Akua Dixon, cellist-composer-conductor, is a native of New York City. A graduate of the famed High School of Performing Arts, she studied cello with Benar Heifetz and […]