Nashville's own Lainey Wilson took the stage at the 67th annual Grammy Awards to celebrate the life of composer, producer and ...

Music and Stories of American Defiance and Hope – Transformative American Artists and Thinkers, featuring six concerts that ...

Ray Charles went a few years between having more children to his name. In 1977, Vincent Kotchounian was born to Arlette Kotchounian, who reportedly was Charles’ longtime lover in Paris.

Beyoncé took home album of the year at the 2025 Grammys for "Cowboy Carter." She is only the 12th Black artist to win the ...

Singer-songwriter Ray Charles may have had Georgia on his mind, but North Florida is where his path to fame and fortune began.

Michael Ray Charles is a contemporary American painter. His work explores historic African American stereotypes from the Antebellum South, appropriating images from advertising and pop culture to ...

Sheila Raye Charles will be the keynote speaker at a banquet to raise funds and awareness for Love INC of Eastern Carver County on Friday, Nov. 4. The Hope Banquet will be held at Hazeltine ...

The story of Ray Charles (played by Jamie Foxx), music legend. Told in his adult life with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood, which included ...

The "Soul Bossa Nova" artist, who worked with acts including Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and Aretha Franklin, died in November at 91 years old of ...