What happens when you put Maya Angelou's poems over a blues beat? How about the sounds of hip-hop? The results are stomping rhythms paired with powerful lyrics. Producers RoccStarr and Shawn Rivera of ...

This poem explores the struggle to become liberated from the shackles of racism and misogyny. This poem explores the struggle to become liberated from the shackles of racism and misogyny. Written with ...

Even after Maya Angelou’s death, the late great poet, activist, singer and actress' influence on the arts continues to live on with the release of her posthumous album, ‘Caged Bird Songs.’ Producer ...

Maya Angelou, the most famous former resident of the Lafayette County town of Stamps, overcame a troubled childhood and forged a career that culminated in her delivery of her poem, "On the Pulse of ...

Maya Angelou, who overcame poverty and harsh circumstances to become a leading American poet and noevlist, died Wednesday at age 86 in her home in Winston-Salem, N.C. File 2008 - The Associated Press ...

"What are you looking at me for? I didn't come to stay…" With these words—from a poem that she stumbled over during a church recital—Maya Angelou opens her autobiography and conveys the diminished ...

In her lifetime, Maya Angelou released the 1957 LP Miss Calypso, joined Ashford & Simpson for 1996’s Been Found and won three Grammys, all for spoken-word releases. This May, she died at age 86, but ...

The New York Choral Society, New York's pioneering symphonic chorus that explores unique collaboration and dynamic repertory, announces their latest digital collaborative project, The Caged Bird Sings ...