About Matthew Allen

Matthew Allen is a Brooklyn-based TV producer, director and award-winning music journalist. He’s interviewed the likes of Quincy Jones, Jill Scott, Smokey Robinson and more for publications such as Ebony, Jet, The Root, Village Voice, Wax Poetics, Revive Music and Soulhead. His video work can be seen on PBS/All Arts, Brooklyn Free Speech TV and BRIC TV.

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Mary J. Blige thegrio.com
May 23, 2022
Mary J. Blige, Oprah Winfrey and Jon Batiste are among the artists and celebrities included in the Time 100 section.
May 19, 2022
The two music documentaries will air back-to-back on Memorial Day.
May 17, 2022
Grammy Award-winning gospel singer Tamela Mann will be releasing "Overcomer: Deluxe Edition," featuring a new track with Yolanda Adams.
Apple Store Soho Presents Meet The Musicians: Miles Davis Quintet, Live In Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series
May 11, 2022
theGrio reviews jazz bassist's Ron Carter's 85th birthday celebration performance at New York's Carnegie Hall.
May 11, 2022
Phil Lawrence, seven-time Grammy-winning songwriter, spoke with theGrio about his hosting gig on CBS' 'Come Dance with Me.'
Photograph of Howard University campus.
May 10, 2022
Warner Music Group celebrates success of its inaugural WMG HBCU immersion program, a pipeline for students to enter the music…
Mary J. Blige (Will Sterling@SterlingPics)
May 1, 2022
Held at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, theGrio's "A Seat at the Table," honored White…
New Orleans
April 30, 2022
On International Jazz Day, theGrio examines the racist origins of the term 'jazz' and the rejection of it by music…
April 29, 2022
With National Poetry month coming to an end, theGrio highlights important passages from Black music lyricists.
April 28, 2022
theGrio reviews the Broadway revival of Ntozake Shange's 'f for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf.'
April 20, 2022
TheGrio talks with Grammy-winning rapper/activist Killer Mike about his new docuseries on VICE TV, "Tumbleweeds," and cannabis culture.
April 15, 2022
theGrio spoke with sports journalist Bomani Jones about his late night HBO talk show, ‘Game Theory,’ and not talking sports…
April 15, 2022
Grammy-winning songwriter Angela Hunte premieres her new video, "Better Without Me," and speaks to theGrio about her forthcoming album.
April 14, 2022
Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr. enters a guilty plea of misdemeanor forcible touching in his sexual misconduct case.
April 13, 2022
TheGrio offers a rebuttal of Harry Lennix's column in Variety suggesting that Will Smith return his Oscar to restore the…
April 10, 2022
The Brotherhood Sister Sol (BroSis), a non-profit social justice and youth development organization has a brand new home.
73rd Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals
April 8, 2022
Actress/comedian Robin Thede about the return of her Emmy-winning HBO series, 'The Black Lady Sketch Show.'
April 7, 2022
Donald Glover announced that May Erskine has replaced Phoebe Waller-Bridge as his co-lead in Prime Video series, 'Mr. & Mrs.…
Sheryl Lee Ralph thegrio.com
April 7, 2022
Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph recently stated that she was once fired from a television pilot because a producer said she…
The Weeknd thegrio.com
April 7, 2022
Coachella has placed The Weeknd as a headliner to replace Kanye West, who dropped out from performing at the festival.