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  • Johnny Mercer Tribute Concert on GPB

    Missed the Johnny Mercer Tribute Concert earlier this year?  You’re in luck, GSUTV recorded the concert and it will be aired on Georgia Public Broadcasting...
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  • Jazz Appreciation Month Playlist

      April is Jazz Appreciation Month. According to The National Museum of American History, “Jazz Appreciation Month (fondly known as “JAM”) was created right here at...
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  • You’re Invited to a Johnny Mercer Tribute Concert

    “A song is born in excitement, has a robust life climbing the popularity charts and traveling to the ends of the earth and then, like...
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  • Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Collection

    Georgia State University Library’s Special Collection and Archives have acquired the records of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.  The collection documents the rich history of the...
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  • African American Music Appreciation Month: Negro Spirituals

    As someone of color born and raised in the south, my introduction to Negro spirituals came very early. These were the songs that were sung...
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  • African American Music Appreciation Month: Hip Hop

    My Adidas Walked through concert doors And roamed all over coliseum floors I stepped on stage, at Live Aid All the people gave and the...
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  • African-American Music Appreciation Month: Jazz

    June marks the beginning of African-American Music Appreciation Month, initially called Black Music Month when President Jimmy Carter issued a decree on June 7, 1979....
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  • New Resource: Don Kennedy papers

    A new collection related to Atlanta broadcaster, Don Kennedy, is now available in the Special Collections and Archives. The Don Kennedy papers document Kennedy’s wide-ranging...
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  • Holding Blackness in Suspension: Film Screening + Symposium

    Georgia State’s liquid blackness project, together with partners from Emory and GA Tech, are hosting a two-day series of events looking the film work of...
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  • In Memoriam: Prince

    More sad news out of the music world today: Prince has died at age 57. Prince was a prolific musician, releasing more than 30 albums over...
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