by peralta | Apr 22, 2018 | Bands In Culture
In January 2017, fans were ecstatic to learn Beyoncé would be headlining the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Outside of the anticipation of a creative and energetic performance, Queen Bey would make history as the first black woman to headline the festival...
by peralta | May 15, 2017 | Bands In Culture
The band played the SportsCenter theme during the ceremony When John Skipper was invited by Tuskegee University President Brian Johnson to give the commencement speech to the school’s 2017 graduating class, the president of ESPN wanted his first visit to the campus to...
by peralta | Jan 5, 2013 | Bands In Culture
Southern University said Friday that its award-winning marching band, nicknamed “The Human Jukebox,” will perform during pregame festivities Feb. 3 at Super Bowl XLVII in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. This will be the fourth time the band performs at a Super Bowl, a...
by peralta | Oct 9, 2011 | Bands In Culture
It is not an understatement to think of “A Different World” as the single most important cultural achievement for historically black colleges and universities in American history, and one of the top five pop cultural achievements for African-Americans. It is not an...
by peralta | Dec 8, 2002 | Bands In Culture
Nick Cannon, Zoe Saldana, Dallas Austin and more on the film’s legacy and its fictional — but real — HBCU marching band Drumline is inspired by the life of Grammy-winning super-producer Dallas Austin, who created massive hits with Boyz II Men, TLC, Madonna and more....
