NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Paul Kwami, director of Fisk University's Jubilee Singers, on the commemoration of the Jubilee Singers Fundraising tour. CORNISH: Of course, this upstart had an edge.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Good morning, friends! This is Tennessean storytelling columnist Brad Schmitt, honored to bring you the story of triumph and ...

Crystal A. deGregory, Ph.D. is a proud 2003 graduate of the historic Fisk University and is a research fellow at Middle Tennessee State University's Center for Historic Preservation. A little over 150 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — To honor their history as Nashville’s earliest ambassadors of music and to commemorate the 150 th anniversary of the ensemble, the Fisk Jubilee Singers hosted and perform at ...

In recent years, efforts to diversify the Western musical canon have received plenty of attention. This Sunday, two groups committed to that mission will take the stage at Blumenthal Performing Arts’ ...

(RNS) — ‘Fisk Jubilee Singers are artists and do not limit themselves to just Negro spirituals,’ its director said. ‘There’s versatility in our choice of music when we have celebrations.’ (RNS) — A ...

Former Fisk Jubilee Singers Arica Ellis, Kimberly Fleming and George Cooper talked about their years in the iconic choir and how they feel about returning to the university for the Fisk Jubilee ...

Andrew Davis knew early on what his main extracurricular activity in college would be, well before the first day of school. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

Dr. Paul T. Kwami, revered music director of the world-renowned, Grammy-winning Fisk Jubilee Singers for 28 years, died in a Nashville hospital early Saturday morning, his family announced in a ...

It's been more than a century since the Fisk University Jubilee singers started performing Negro spirituals and slave songs. Today, the Fisk singers are still spreading the songs of enslaved Africans ...

He took the storied Black musical group to new heights, including its first Grammy win and a National Medal of Arts. By Clay Risen Paul T. Kwami, the longtime director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A little over 150 years ago, nine students gathered at the fledgling Fisk University amid a small crowd of weepy well-wishers.