Blues Music is Black History Is a Performance Panel series produced by Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation. The Panel of performers share with the audience the African American traditions, culture and social milieu that has been expressed through the oral documentation of Black Tribal music known as The Blues. The purpose of this program is to raise cultural and ethnic awareness about Blues music and it's relation to the Black experience, cultures and traditions. The Program devotes attention to the adverse social conditions of African Americans that cultivated the music that represented this climate. These songs, original and public domain, will be performed by the panel of performers. Though Blues is at the helm that brings this program together, we present and share the journey of all African American Traditional musics such as Black Spirituals, Work/Prison Songs, Folk and Protest Songs, Indigenous Tribal Songs and the like. 

Through a live performance of the traditional music accompanied by organic discussions the “Blues Music is Black History” series will entertain, edify and raise the awareness about -
1) the connection of Blues Music and the History of the Black Experience and traditions of African Americans
2) the relevance and connection of blues to hip hop and other musics birthed from it
3) the knowledge of Black Images, Blues Music, Black Literature and how the assimilation to the Western Society plays a roll in how African Americans view The Blues
4) how historical events changed the climate of African American traditions and their traditional musics
5) the sound and style of the music that was the soundtrack to the Black Experience from different sections of America

During the discussion segment of the series,  we will touch on the current climate of the music and it's lack of representation by Black practitioners in the music business. The lack of Black Blues Musicians in the festivals circuit and highbrow media, as well as the importance of continuing to cultivate the culture, heritage and music with new audiences and the younger generations. The program is to show that the music was the oral documentation of the culture, traditions, and the Black Experience in America that is still relevant today. We will show the connection of the traditions of the gatherings for stories that were passed down for edification and entertainment, and how that, accompanied by instruments became the Blues, along with Work Songs, Prison Songs, and Ol Negro Spirituals all in a fun and interactive setting. Along with Q & A's, the audience truly enjoys engaging in call and response songs with the performers. It's a great experience all around!

We have presented this program series at the Eisenhower Park Chaptmon Theater in Long Island in association with The African American Museum of Nassau, at Coney Island Library in affiliation with Averec Productions, The New Amsterdam Musical Association (NAMA Harlem) and through out the city of New York.

If you would like us to bring this program to your School, University, College, Organization or Library, please contact us at -

lamontjackpearley@racefilmmusic.com

denisepearley@racefilmmusic.com