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Robert Gibbons – This Generations Langston Hughes
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Robert Gibbons, a native Floridian, came to New York City in 2007 in search of his muse Langston Hughes and found a vibrant contemporary poetry community at the Cornelia Street Cafe, the Green Pavilion, Nomad’s Choir, Brownstone Poets, Hydrogen Juke Box, Saturn Series, and Phoenix among other venues. His first book, Close to the Tree,…
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NAMA Harlem’s Rich History
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Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley NAMA Harlem, also known as The New Amsterdam Musical Association is a staple of the Harlem community as it is with the History of African American Music, Entertainment and Heritage. On this episode, Arthur Brown, Vice President of the legendary organization walks us through the story of NAMA…
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THE STORY OF THE BLUES – LANGSTON HUGHES
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Published by Lamont Jack Pearley As you all know, I am a big advocate that the Blues, African American Literature and it’s heritage is one and the same..The Blues birthed the Sterling Brown’s and the Zora Neale Hurston’s, of the world…as well as their literature describing the culture of the Blues, which gave it…
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LANGSTON HUGHES BLUES LITERATURE
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Published by Lamont Jack Pearley African American History, The Blues, African American Literature and our culture is and has always been one in the same. And in celebrations to that, I wish to post an excerpt of a great short story by the amazing Langston Hughes called — “The Blues I’m a Playin’” Enjoy…
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Zora Neale Hurston – Episode 3 African American Folklorists, Writers and the Blues
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Published by Lamont Jack Pearley Talking Bout The Blues Video series African American Folklorist, Writers and the Blues. This series highlights African American writers, folklorists, ethnologist, composers and playwriters, that documented, described and flat out canvased the Black experience through their works, connecting the dots between the Blues, Spirituals, Work songs, Prison songs and…