Rock is Black aims to celebrate and reclaim the Black roots that shaped rock music with an all-Black artist lineup.

From Frank Zappa and Pink Floyd to The Velvet Underground and solo outings by both Lou Reed and John Cale, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Radiohead, Kate Bush…After all, as a sub-genre, art rock is ...

Spencer, 24, is Gen Z and draws inspiration from funk music and reggae. Her band partner, Franchette, is a Millennial who fell in love with rock music when she first learned to play the guitar.

Rock music first grew out of the rock’n’roll movement of the 1940s and 50s, which itself was inspired by country and African-American rhythm and blues from the 1920s and 30s. Even from its ...