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Dom Flemons – Understanding Blackface, Minstrelsy and Early Black Entertainment
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On this episode of Jack Dappa Blues I speak with the American Songster Dom Flemons about how Blackface, Minstrelsy and African American Traditional Music morphed into America’s top entertainment industry Launching the careers of many African American musicians and writers we celebrate. In our discussion the true context of what became a stain on…
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The African American Folklorist – Charlotte Forten Grimke Ep 1
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The African American Folklorist Podcast Series – Charlotte Forten Grimke – The First series of the African American Folklorist will be covering the works, journals and lineage of Charlotte Forten Grimke. Documented as the first person to record Black Spirituals on her excursion to Sea Island in 1864, Charlotte, a teacher, anti-slavery activist and…
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Freddye Stover – Pittsburgh Blues Singer
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Winner of 2017 Pittsburgh Music Awards: Best Blues Band & Best Album for “Lady of The Blues” As Pittsburgh’s Lady Of Lady Of The Blues, Miss Freddye keeps the blues alive in her native hometown, She started singing in church at a young age. The influence of church and her mother’s love of the Blues…
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Chris Thomas King – The True Origins of The Blues
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As Black History Month comes to an end the Grammy’s are long gone, post his open letter about the miseducation and representation of the Blues category nomination process, I sit down in Time Square New York to speak with Chris Thomas King. On this special 2 hour episode, Chris Thomas King shares the misconception…
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King Solomon Hicks – NYC Blues
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KING” SOLOMON HICKS IS A 22-YEAR-OLD GUITARIST/VOCALIST FROM THE UPPER WEST SIDE OF NEW YORK CITY AKA HARLEM, NY. At the age of 13 Solomon, NYC Blues Musician, started playing with the Cotton Club 17-piece band as Lead Guitarist and still continues to perform there. Along with being called “Lil’ B.B.” he played the…
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Apache Brown – Brooklyn Blues
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Apache Brown Band brings Mississippi Hill Country, Delta, and Chicago Blues up North. Apache Brown Vocals and Guitar, Krulii Eytina on Bass, Isaiah Pierce on Drums. All hailing from Brooklyn NY. Apache Brown is a current Black Traditional Blues Practitioner! Contact m.me/apachebrownband apachebrownband@gmail.com WEBSITE FACEBOOK
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Brock Lightnin – Gospel Blues
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THE SON OF SOUL AND BLUES BROCK LIGHTNING: The Son of Soul And Blues: Brock Lightning, a Gospel Blues singer, has walked a long way, from his days as the Lead Singer of R&B SOUL group Perfect Pitch, a crew of his truly best friends Brock Lightnin, Sheldon, James, Alex & O’neil were the…
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Brother Yusef California Bluesman
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Brother Yusef has been described as a master solo guitarist, as well as a uniquely passionate vocalist. His performances are as raw, honest and real as the genre has ever aspired to be. Born in Bakersfield California and later moving with his family to Southern California, Brother Yusef picked up the guitar at 19 experimenting…
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Joshua Brittingham Pentecostal Blues
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Joshua Brittingham, Hailing from the fields of Delaware, brings to you the Pentecostal Blues. The Pentecostal Blues is the roots and fruit of our original traditional expressions, Field Hollers, Black Spirituals and the Blues! Beltin’ Blues with the urgency of life and death, Joshua Brttingham encapsulates the essence of African American Traditional Music. Joshua…
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Johnnie Nathan Alabama Blues Vocalist
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Ms. Johnnie Nathan is a native of Bessemer, Alabama. Though her birthplace was in Hillman hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, she lived the first thirty-one (31) years of life in her native home, the city of Bessemer. Bred as a singer of Soul, Rythmn & Blues, Gospel, and many other genres of music, she began…