The Rise and Fall of Black Swan Records

A little over a decade ago, we went to interview a woman at her small one-bedroom apartment in a sprawling complex in the Bronx. She was living a quiet and somewhat anonymous life. But many years earlier, she had done something remarkable.The woman’s name was Claudette Colvin. In ...  Show more

Looking for love is an art, not a science. People have been trying to crack the code, with mixed success, for a long time. This week we're going back to the 1960s, when a couple Harvard students had an idea.Businesses had started using a new technology called the computer to proc ...  Show more

The Rise and Fall of Black Swan: Episode One from The Vanishing of Harry Pace,<span> a six-part series created by Jad Abumrad and Shima Oliaee. </span>

Harry Pace founded Black Swan Records exactly 100 years ago. Pace launched the career of Ethel Waters, inadve ...

Hi, Dolly Parton's America fans! We're sharing a new trailer for our new 6-part series The Vanishing of Harry Pace -from the creators of Dolly Parton's America, Jad Abumrad and Shima Oliaee - now premiering at Radiolab. It was Motown before Motown, FUBU before FUBU: Black Swan Re ...  Show more

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Bruce Springsteen.

His career has brought him 20 Grammys, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award and his albums sell in their millions around the world. He grew up in New Jersey where the Catholic church played a central role in his ear ...

Kim Chakanetsa talks to two female music managers who have made a significant impact in an often male-dominated field.

Kei Henderson was the personal manager of rapper 21 Savage for several years. She is the CEO and founder of Third and Hayden, a management company tha ...