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The African American Folklorist Ep 2 – Elijah Cox
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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Casey Smith – Mourning Blues
Published By Lamont Jack Pearley During a 1939 folklorist excursion to the Clemens State Prison Farm, John Lomax and his wife Ruby recorded several musicians as they stayed on the Varner-Hogg Plantation in West Columbia and drove about 15 miles to Clemens. There they recorded Blues and Rag guitarist Casey Smith, documented as Smith…
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SHELTON KOTTON POWE JR
BLACK FOLK MUSIC: GOD IS GOOD, VOL. 1 – SHELTON KOTTON POWE JR Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation releases it’s first album of our Field Recording series. Check out Shelton Kotton Powe Jr. He’s a current Black Traditional Music Practitioner. “The heritage and culture that are the foundation of “African American Tribal Music” are…
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Roosevelt ‘Giant’ Hudson – Field Holler
Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley John and Ruby Lomax recorded Roosevelt ‘Giant’ Hudson at the Cummins State Farm in Gould, Arkansas, Camp #1 Jack Dappa Blues Public Media and Heritage Preservation Foundation reintroduces African American Traditional Music and the Black Experience to the People of the Blues!
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Elisha Cox – WPA Slave Narrative
Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley Jack Dappa Blues has been producing podcasts re-introducing the WPA’s Slave Narrative to our audience. We are currently working on more…however, here’s a nice littles something to wet your whistle. Jack Dappa Blues Public Media is where you come to be re-introduced to your African American Traditional Music history…