An award-winning music artist and advocate for the disability community performed her songs and discussed disability culture at a Feb. 6 event. Lachi showcased her songs “Far,” “Dis Education” and ...
Turning stigma into stardom, Lachi isn’t here to fit into the music industry. She’s here to blow the doors off, rhinestone the hinges, and make the whole building more accessible on her way out. The ...
A new effort will open the gates of some of the nation’s most popular music festivals to more people with disabilities. The nonprofit Accessible Festivals says that it will make available a limited ...
Today, we're at the Berklee College of Music. Inside a small rehearsal room, a group of six musicians is running through an orchestral arrangement of Coldplay's "Yellow." It's Berklee's Music ...
The song pays tribute to Judy Heumann, special advisor for disability rights under Obama, and illustrates a music career that embraces her partial blindness as a superpower: "Hiding my disability is ...
TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Iraq War Veteran Angie Lupe is living proof that music can heal. The strum of guitar strings and lyrics that might hit close to home. Her newly released song, “Stand Up For Us,” ...
Following last year's efforts in Las Vegas, which saw ASL carpet interpreters go viral, one of the music industry's biggest nights returned with a more accessible venue and a preshow unlike any other.
RAMPD, an organization of professional disabled musicians, will push for accessibility in the music industry, including adding visible ramps to awards show stages. By Laura Zornosa For the singer, ...
Over the past few years, the issue of disability representation and including more disabled talent in the film and TV industry has come under the spotlight and rightly so. Yet, insufficient attention ...
Many musicians with a degree in music performance share their knowledge through private teaching. Unlike our colleagues with music education degrees, we do not study learning disabilities or the signs ...