Black Music Month

Billy Preston

"Music can tell a story, assuage our sorrows, provide blessing and redemption, and express a soul's sublime and powerful beauty. It inspires us daily, giving voice to the human spirit" ~ President Barack Obama, quoted in Black Music Month: How We Do. (Check this site out for a great article on the 31-year history of Black Music Month and the legacy of the music of the African Diaspora.)

On this last day of BMM -- as if tomorrow morning we're all going to wake up with an uncontrollable urge to download The Osmonds or, um, Lady Antebellum -- here are songs by artists born and/or currently living in Texas.


Erykah Badu, Dallas

Albert Collins, Houston

Beyonce, Houston

Billy Preston, Houston

Charley Pride, Dallas

Barry White, Galveston