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Lamont Jack Pearley
“We The Blues People” is a biweekly broadcast produced and hosted by Jack Dappa Blues Public Media, in partnership with Knox Entertainment located in St. Louis, which is a live feed broadcast that discusses events and laws from the past…
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Lamont Jack Pearley
On this episode, I speak with Reverend, Dr. Derrick McQueen, New Testament Scholar and Black Spirituals Historian about how The Black Spirituals Are The Expression of Freedom, along with the history of the Black Spirituals, it's importance and it's truly…
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Lamont Jack Pearley
In this episode I'm honored to talk with 3 Time Grammy Nominee the "Son Of Blues" Billy Branch, who was discovered by Willie Dixon, the "father of modern Chicago Blues. He's recorded with Willie Dixon, Johnny Winter, Lou Rawls, Koko…
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Lamont Jack Pearley
on this episode I speak to the great nephew of the legendary Blues Pioneer Peetie Wheatstraw.
Peetie Wheatstraw was the name adopted by singer William Bunch, taking it from Black American folklore. According to author Ralph Ellison, who made use of…
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…
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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Lamont Jack Pearley
Dom Flemons “The American Songster” of the legendary Carolina Chocolate Drops, has made a career preserving Traditional American Folk songs and it’s history as a practitioner and folklorist. He’s covered the gambit of traditional music from Blues to jug bands.…
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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…
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Lamont Jack Pearley
On this episode I have the honor to speak with Peter Benjaminson, writer of The Story of Motown, The Lost Supreme - The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard, Mary Wells - The Tumultuous Life of Motown's first Superstar and Super…
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Lamont Jack Pearley
I had the honor to sit down and speak with Filmmaker Augusta Palmer to discuss her film "The Blues Society", her journey in film and history, and her being a legacy to Blues preservation! The Blues Society is a documentary work-in-progress…