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Black Scholarship And Black Culture
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Hosted and Published by: Lamont Jack Pearley Many Black Academic Scholars are also active practitioners in our respective cultures and traditions. That doesn’t negate their ability to teach, mentor, or share skills and tricks of the trade with the folk. It actually makes them even more qualified. Some feel Black Scholars who are educated…
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Hannah Mayree and the Black Banjo Reclamation Project
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Pubished by: Lamont Jack Pearley On this episode, I speak with singer, songwriter, and music educator Hannah Mayree about her journey in music, culture, tradition, and the Black Banjo Reclamation Project. Hannah Mayree (she/her/they/them) is a creative facilitator and musician who’s work and art lends itself as a tool for redesigning and reconnecting to…
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Kristina R. Gaddy- Well of Souls
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Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley In this episode, I will speak with Kristina R. Gaddy about her journey and New York Times best-selling book, Well of Souls – Uncovering The Banjo’s Hidden History. Kristina R. Gaddy is an award-winning writer who believes in the power of narrative nonfiction to bring stories from the past…
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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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Black & Indian Folklife, Storyville, Oklahoma, & The Blues
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By: Lamont Jack Pearley There is excellent Black Folklife, Indian Folklore, Black Music, AND educational oral history in Kentucky and nationally that Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation archives and builds a repository for. In this episode, I discuss Storyville, Oklahoma, Freedmen, Blues, and the People of the Blues To Raise Cultural and Ethnic…
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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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AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLORIST DOC SERIES EP6
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The African American Folklorist Doc Series Ep 6 title – “Who Knows Our Story Better Than Us” Guest – Langston Collin Wilkins – Folklorist & Ethnomusicologist.
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AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLORIST DOC SERIES EP5
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The African American Folklorist Doc Series Ep 4 title – “Who Is Black Enough?” Guest Gabriel Greaves – Scholar, Activist & Historian
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AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLORIST DOC SERIES EP4
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The African American Folklorist Doc Series Ep 4 title – “Who Is Black Enough?” Guest Gabriel Greaves – Scholar, Activist & Historian – James Lane – Community Scholar, Folklorist and Archie Green Fellowship Winner.