In this episode of the Jack Dappa Blues Radio Podcast, I speak with Eric Freeman, also known as "The Blueridge Boy" currently living real-life hobo blues. Eric shares with us his journey learning and playing the blues, his humble beginnings in the Appalachia…
In this episode of The Jack Dappa Blues Radio Podcast, I speak to co-authors Dr. Tyler D. Parry and Dr. Chaz Yingling about their book in the works Slave Hounds, Abolition and The Americas. 40 pages of the book are currently available at…
In this episode of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, I speak with America's Folk and Blues Singer Veronika Jackson. She shares with us her journey of making her latest album, "The Woman I Am", and states that "In these trying times, encouragement and a…
In this episode of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, I speak with Joseph 'Mojo' Morganfield, the youngest son of Muddy Waters.
BIO - Joseph Morganfield, Born April 14, 1964, in Chicago Illinois. Joseph is the youngest son of the World Famous Muddy Waters. Joseph began…
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What does Dolomite, Lawanda Page, Scatman Crothers, Sam Cooke Pee Wee Crayton, T- Bone Walker, Johnny Lee Hooker, Bill Brown, Clyde McPhatter, Charlie White, and King Records have in common with Central Avenue? The answer is, John Dolphin…
On this episode of Jack Dappa Blues, I speak to William Bunch, AKA Peetie Wheatstraws Great Nephews about the remastered and remixed Peetie Wheatstraw album that was released on His Birthday, December 21st, 2019.
James Bunch, Peetie's great Nephew, and his son n…
On this episode of The African American Folklorist, I share the story of the born free, African American Traditional Music Practitioner Elijah Cox, who was a fiddler, Buffalo soldier, and recorded in 1935 at the age of 93 for the Library of Congress…
This is part three, the last episode of the series of the Jack Dappa Blues Podcast Series on Texas Blues Legend Henry Thomas in affiliation with Lonestar Blues & Heritage Festival featuring our recurring guest The American Songster Dom Flemons. On this last installment, we…
This episode of Jack Dappa Blues Radio is part two of my discussion with scholar Tyler D. Parry, Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies Program and Book Review Editor: Black Perspectives, about his co-authored journal and the upcoming book titled…
This is part one of the Jack Dappa Blues Podcast Series in affiliation with Lonestar Blues & Heritage Festival about Henry Thomas, also known as Henry Ragtime Texas Thomas featuring our recurring guest The American Songster Dom Flemons. On this episode, we delve into the evolution…