*Both Minnesota natives, The International Grammy Award-winning Sounds of Blackness and Prince grew up in the music business together. “Prince’s importance to the music business has influenced many ...

Revered, classic soul and gospel groups The Dramatics, Midnight Star and Sounds of Blackness will have Detroit’s Hart Plaza moving and grooving the weekend of July 18-20 when the Charles H. Wright ...

Out Tha Box Productions, a nonprofit performing arts organization dedicated to empowering Black and Brown youth, presents “Sounds of Blackness,” a live performance celebrating Black history, ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Sounds of Blackness, a Grammy-winning Minnesota musical group, is bringing a fresh twist to a time-tested holiday musical. "The Night Before Christmas - A Musical Fantasy" will take ...

*Songwriting/producing icons Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis brought back gospel singers Ann Nesby and the Sounds of Blackness for a 30-year reunion performance of their hit “Optimistic” at the Billboard ...

Big Sean ended Black History Month by dropping a new freestyle, "Head to the Sky." The rapper dropped off the track, that samples "Optimistic" by Sounds of Blackness, on social media with the message, ...

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis in Minneapolis at the Taste of Minnesota (Photo credit: Nagashia Jackson for rolling out) In 1983, the late Ron Maddox created the Taste of Minnesota on the state Capitol ...