John Malveaux: RollingStone.com: 'African-American Music Museum to Be Built in Nashville'

Marvin Gaye performs in Rotterdam, Netherlands

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John Malveaux of www.MusicUNTOLD.com writes:
Please see AA Music Museum in Nashville
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/african-american-music-museum-to-be-built-in-nashville-20140409

Thanks,

John Malveaux

Rolling Stone
Museum has already begun community outreach programs, teaching schoolchildren about early instruments

By Kory Grow

April 9, 2014 9:05 AM ET

A museum honoring the musical and cultural contributions of artists from Otis Redding to Marvin Gaye is set to be built in Nashville. The planned National Museum of African American Music will also honor black musicians who were local to Music City—Frank Howard, Jimmy Church and Marion James—given Nashville 's long history of music outside of country. Construction could begin as early as next year, according to The Associated Press, as it is part of the redevelopment of the site of the old Nashville Convention Center downtown.