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What Really Happened in Tulsa
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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 story of the happenings before, during and after the #1921Riots of…
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Glen David Andrews
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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 of New Orleans culture is evident in the music and traditions and should be…
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Blues in Oklahoma
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Auto Ethnographic Journal Entry Blues Narrative Log 101422 By: Lamont Jack Pearley I was genuinely excited when I learned the 2022 Annual American Folklore Society Conference was in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The connection of Oklahoma to the Black American and the Copper Colored American has deep roots in the continent, the narrative of the people,…
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John Wesley Work III – Composer, Ethnomusicologist, Educator, and Choral Director
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In this broadcast, Todd Lawrence and I discuss the scholarship and work Of John Wesley Work III and the newly launched Award named in His honor.
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Slave Hounds, Abolition and The America’s
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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 https://academic.oup.com/past/article/246/1/69/5722095 They also pinned another great article we discuss in the…
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Cookin’ With Chief Episode 1
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Queen Chief Elwin Warhorse Gillum, the host of Cookin’ With Chief, is the Queen of Tchefuncta Nation and the Chief of the Chahta Tribe. As appointed by the 365 Elders (Blood Members) of the Tribe, she was appointed the Chief of the Tribe in 1998 and took the throne of the Nation in 2009,…
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Dolphin’s Of Hollywood – The John Dolphin Story
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Published by: Lamont Jack Pearley 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 and his owner-operated open 24/7 record shop rightfully named “Dolphin’s of…
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Peetie Wheatstraw Reloaded
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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 law Ricco Doty own Peetie’s publishing and are on a mission…
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The African American Folklorist Ep 2 – Elijah Cox
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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 Elijah Cox was also interviewed and recorded for the Born in…
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HENRY THOMAS TEXAS BLUES LEGEND PT 3 F/DOM FLEMONS
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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 discuss the blues of Henry Thomas, the similarities of his songs…