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Misty Blues: A Live Tribute To Odetta

Hosted and Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley Misty Blues⁠ and lead singer Gina Coleman celebrate 25 years of composing and performing original blues. They will be celebrating this feat on a Blues Cruise this coming Friday. With that, after an encounter with…

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The Blues Society – Memphis Country Blues Festival

Hosted and Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley THE BLUES SOCIETY⁠ is a re-evaluation of the 1960s seen through the lens of the Memphis Country Blues Festival (1966-1969). It’s the story of Blues masters like Furry Lewis and Robert Wilkins, who had attained fame…

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Cultural Conservation – The Attack on Blues Legacy and Land

Published and Hosted by: Lamont Jack Pearley In February of 2024, the Mississippi John Hurt Museum burned. The fire, believed to have been set intentionally, happened immediately after the Legendary Mississippi Blues Pioneer's cabin received landmark status. That was not the first…

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The Lady and the Empress! Lady D’s One Woman Bessie Tribute Show

Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley On this episode of Jack Dappa Blues, enjoy the collaboration of Jack Dappa Blues Radio and Southern Ohio Folklife for a conversation w/ Lady D (West Virginia’s First Lady of Soul) to talk about her recent performance…

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Hannah Mayree and the Black Banjo Reclamation Project

Pubished by: Lamont Jack Pearley On this episode, I speak with singer, songwriter, and music educator Hannah Mayree about her journey in music, culture, tradition, and the Black Banjo Reclamation Project. Hannah Mayree (she/her/they/them) is a creative facilitator and musician who's work and…

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Kristina R. Gaddy- Well of Souls

Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley In this episode, I will speak with Kristina R. Gaddy about her journey and New York Times best-selling book, Well of Souls - Uncovering The Banjo's Hidden History. Kristina R. Gaddy is an award-winning writer who believes…

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Black & Indian Folklife, Storyville, Oklahoma, & The Blues

By: Lamont Jack Pearley There is excellent Black Folklife, Indian Folklore, Black Music, AND educational oral history in Kentucky and nationally that Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation archives and builds a repository for. In this episode, I discuss Storyville, Oklahoma, Freedmen, Blues,…

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What Really Happened in Tulsa

The Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma After sitting in and listening to the presentation "Greenwood’s Past, Present, and Future" at this year's #American #Folklore Society Conference in #Tulsa, #Oklahoma, where Quraysh Ali Lansana (Tri-City Collective) Carlos A Moreno (Tri-City Collective) shared the true…

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Glen David Andrews

Treme's Trombone Singer By Lamont Jack Pearley On this episode, I speak with Glen David Andrews, born and raised in Treme's 6 Ward, only blocks away from the historical Congo Square in New Orleans, Louisiana! Andrews shares that the gumbo…