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Misty Blues: A Live Tribute To Odetta
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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 Legendary singer and activist Odetta, Coleman and crew have been working towards…
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Juneteenth and African American Folklore
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Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley As we celebrate JUNETEENTH, we must understand how Folklore and the Blues Narrative relate to this celebration. In this episode, I will discuss the celebration, what the celebration is actually about, and its connection to and significance of African American Folklore and traditional Black Music. Juneteenth should always be…
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Brei Carter: Country Singer-Songwriter
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By: Lamont Jack Pearley On this episode, I speak with Brei Carter, Country Singer-Songwriter about her journey in Music and her signing with Brown Lee Entertainment For Exclusive Global Music Distribution & Digital Marketing. Emerging crossover country and southern pop recording artist Brei Carter is proof that sometimes faith, patience and time pays off.…
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The Black Spirituals Are The Expressions of Freedom
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Published By: 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 the songs and expressions of revolution. In an earlier…
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Black Spirituals – America’s Folk Songs
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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 slavery, Krehbiel states, “they were literally born and not…
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African American Tribal Music Revisited: A Blues Ecological and Narrative Reframing
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Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley African American Tribal Music What I once called African American Tribal Music — a term that sought to name the deep, complex musical expressions of Black people in America — is now sharpened by the theoretical lenses of Blues Ecology, Blues Narrative, and Black Southern Afro-Indigenous epistemologies. These frameworks allow us to understand our…
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Gumbo Friday’s Ep1- Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Radio
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Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley Gumbo Friday were We talk about everything that comes to mind about all things in regards to African American Tribal Music and the Black Experience! On this episode I speak with Brock Lightnin and Sista Zaki about White Flight, Black Flight, Protecting our leaders, conflict of beliefs in the…
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Why it’s important to preserve and document family history w/ Jontavios Willis
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On this segment of the Jack Dappa Blues Radio show, Jontavious Willis, Blues Musician and historian, shares with me the reason he produced an interview series featuring his grandparents at their home in Greenville, GA. We discover the history of his family, the conditions of Black Life in America and the stories that accompany…
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Jack Dappa Blues Interview W/ Mary Hurt Wright
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Published by Lamont Jack Pearley On this part one episode of a two part series, I have the honor to speak to the great grand daughter of Mississippi John Hurt, Mary Hurt Wright, who shares with us her upbringing in Mississippi with her parents and grandfather which opened her eyes to the importance…
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The Social Implications of the Negro Spiritua
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Published by Lamont jack Pearley In my studies and research, I was reminded of an article written by John Lovell and I encourage you all to read it. I will be conducting a thesis or utilizing it in an upcoming video. The Social Implications of the Negro Spiritual* JOHN LOVELL, JR. Early Criticism of…