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Online magazines, blogs, and podcasts
- Black Grooves
- A music review site hosted by the Archives of African American Music & Culture (AAAMC) at Indiana University
- Promotes Black music by providing monthly updates on new releases and quality reissues in all genres of music composed or performed by Black artists
- NB: new monthly updates are temporarily suspended as of August 2021, but previous issues are still accessible
- D-Composed
- A Chicago-based chamber music experience that honours Black creativity and culture through the music of Black composers
- Produces The Sounds of Black Composers playlists, which also include music by women and LGBTQ+ composers
- Musicwoman
- Promotes women musicians globally; focuses particularly on women in jazz
- Musicwomen Live! radio program features women composers and instrumentalists; more than 100 episodes available on demand
- MusicUNTOLD
- Multidisciplinary organization devoted to presenting arts and educational programs that promote diversity
- Black Composers and Musicians in Classical Music History provides short vignettes of musicians who performed in Europe, North America, and Latin America from the 16th Century to the 20th Century
- NewMusic USA
- Promotes creation, performance, and appreciation of new music
- NewMusicBox blog contains numerous articles about BIPOC composers and musicians
- Blog post on Native American composers
- Phamox Music
- Explores African musical heritage and provides information about classical music, hymns, African art music, art musicians, and hymnal
- Profiles of African musicians and information about African instruments
- Polyphony: Diversity in Music
- An online exhibit created by the Music Library at University of Toronto
- Fosters dialogue with BIPOC/racialized musicians, highlighting their voices alongside the works and people who inspire them
- World Music Central
- Online magazine dedicated to World Music, featuring the latest international news, CD and concert reviews, articles, and many resources (in the form of a wiki) for music fans, industry professionals and researchers
- Their definition of World Music includes traditional and contemporary folk and roots music from the entire globe, as well as cross-cultural fusions and hybrids
