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HENRY THOMAS TEXAS BLUES LEGEND PT 3 F/DOM FLEMONS

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…

Black Traditional Music Practitioners Blues

Tyler D. Parry Ep2 – The History of Slave Hounds & The Blues People

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…

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Henry Thomas Texas Blues Legend pt 2 F/Dom Flemons

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…

Black Traditional Music Practitioners Blues Featured

Michael L Jones Share Kentucky’s Musical History

On this episode of the Jack Dappa Blues Podcast, I speak to Kentucky Music Historian Michael L Jones about The Jugband Jubilee Festival and his exhibit of Kentucky Music history. We also discuss the rise of jug band music, the inception of Kentucky.…

Black Traditional Music Practitioners Blues Featured

Henry Thomas Texas Blues Legend pt1 W/ Dom Flemons

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…

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Juneteenth and African American Traditional Music

Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley Juneteenth should always be mentioned with the term "African American Traditional Music!" Juneteenth is the celebration of the releasing of the last remaining slaves after the emancipation proclamation and civil war. In 1865, June 19 Union soldiers led…

Blues The African American Folklorist

Tony Thomas – The Origins of The Banjo

The Banjo is a very popular instrument, and it's popularity is currently growing rapidly. However, there's a convoluted and misconstrued history of this instrument. On today's episode of Jack Dappa Blues Podcast, I speak with Tony Thomas, African American Banjo Scholar, about the…

Blues Featured The African American Folklorist

The African American Folklorist – Charlotte Forten Grimke Ep 1

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…

Blues Featured The African American Folklorist

Coffle Gang America’s Domestic Slave Trade

Coffle Gangs America's Domestic Slave Trade by Lamont Jack Pearley I’m learning to deal with this nostalgia people have for the antebellum south that birthed a tribal music that became an internationally commercial success, making non African Americans extremely wealthy. International wealth off of the…

Blues Featured The African American Folklorist

Black Spirituals – America’s Folk Songs

Black Spirituals - America’s Folk Songs By Lamont Jack Pearley The Black Spirituals are the product of suffering, the hardships and despairs of those in bondage as they gave utterance through deep grievance in song. Said to be religious folksongs that were born during American…

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HENRY THOMAS TEXAS BLUES LEGEND PT 3 F/DOM FLEMONS

Tyler D. Parry Ep2 – The History of Slave Hounds & The Blues People

Henry Thomas Texas Blues Legend pt 2 F/Dom Flemons

Michael L Jones Share Kentucky’s Musical History

Henry Thomas Texas Blues Legend pt1 W/ Dom Flemons

Juneteenth and African American Traditional Music

Tony Thomas – The Origins of The Banjo

The African American Folklorist – Charlotte Forten Grimke Ep 1

Coffle Gang America’s Domestic Slave Trade

Black Spirituals – America’s Folk Songs

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