Websites to Remember: Black Grooves

Check out Black Grooves for some well-written, thoughtful reviews on gospel music releases. Below is a brief description of the site and its origin, in Black Grooves’ own words.

“Black Grooves is a music review site hosted by the Archives of African American Music & Culture (AAAMC) at Indiana University. Our goal is to promote black music by providing our readers and subscribers with monthly updates on interesting new releases and quality reissues in all genres─including gospel, blues, jazz, funk, soul, and hip-hop-as well as classical music composed or performed by black artists.

“We feature reviews of some of the best new discs and DVDs, with an occasional book or news item thrown in for good measure. An extra effort is made to track down releases by indie, underground, foreign, and other small labels that don’t get covered in the mainstream media. Our primary focus will be on African American music, but we’ll be happy to cover anything else that’s sent our way, from Afro-pop to reggae.

“Black Grooves is targeted at students, scholars, librarians, collectors, and anyone else wanting the low down on the latest black music releases. With that in mind, we’ll include recordings that are of academic interest─such as historical reissues, boxed sets, label and genre overviews─and any other recordings that get us in the groove.”

So what are you waiting for? Sink your brain needle into these black grooves and soak up the knowledge!