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Tony Thomas – The Origins of The Banjo

The Banjo is a very popular instrument, and it's popularity is currently growing rapidly. However, there's a convoluted and misconstrued history of this instrument. On today's episode of Jack Dappa Blues Podcast, I speak with Tony Thomas, African American Banjo Scholar, about the…

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Brother Yusef California Bluesman

Brother Yusef has been described as a master solo guitarist, as well as a uniquely passionate vocalist. His performances are as raw, honest and real as the genre has ever aspired to be. Born in Bakersfield California and later moving with his family to…

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Joshua Brittingham Pentecostal Blues

Joshua Brittingham, Hailing from the fields of Delaware, brings to you the Pentecostal Blues. The Pentecostal Blues is the roots and fruit of our original traditional expressions, Field Hollers, Black Spirituals and the Blues! Beltin' Blues with the urgency of life and death,…

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Jontavious Willis Georgia Blues

Jontavious Willis Hails from Greenville, Ga., Jontavious grew up singing gospel music at the Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church with his grandfather. At the age of 14, he came across a YouTube video of Muddy Waters playing “Hoochie Coochie Man” and was hooked. That’s…

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Lea Gilmore Gospel & Blues

Lea Gilmore can sing it all, blues, spirituals, jazz, folk, old-time, gospel, you name it. She's a Global Human Rights Advocate, Singer, Writer and educator, Development, Visionary, NGO inclusion and equity leader. As a singer and human rights actionist, Lea has performed and/or…

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Corey Harris

Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, Performer and Revolutionary, Corey Harris is a current Black Traditional Music Practitioner. Corey Harris has earned substantial critical acclaim as one of the few contemporary bluesmen able to channel the raw, direct emotion of acoustic Delta blues without coming off as…

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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…

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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…

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Tony Thomas – The Origins of The Banjo

Brother Yusef California Bluesman

Joshua Brittingham Pentecostal Blues

Jontavious Willis Georgia Blues

Lea Gilmore Gospel & Blues

Corey Harris

SHELTON KOTTON POWE JR

Elisha Cox – WPA Slave Narrative

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