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African American Traditions, Family and Homeschool
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by: Lamont Jack Pearley Being a homeschooling family, we are always looking for creative ways for learning, as well as teaching. There are not enough hours in the day to do everything one would like. The kids want and need different experiences, and the parents want to make sure that their children are getting…
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Tony Thomas – The Origins of The Banjo
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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 history, origins and commercial explosion of the Banjo.Along with Sule Greg…
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Brother Yusef California Bluesman
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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 Southern California, Brother Yusef picked up the guitar at 19 experimenting…
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Joshua Brittingham Pentecostal Blues
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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, Joshua Brttingham encapsulates the essence of African American Traditional Music. Joshua…
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Jontavious Willis Georgia Blues
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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 when he set his course on the blues. All types —…
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Lea Gilmore Gospel & Blues
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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 lectured in: France, The UK, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Siberia, Russia, The…
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Corey Harris
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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 an authenticity-obsessed historian. Contact Info: WORLDWIDE Bookings José Luis Pardo Email address:…
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SHELTON KOTTON POWE JR
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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 heritage and culture that are the foundation of “African American Tribal Music” are…
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Elisha Cox – WPA Slave Narrative
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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 re-introduced to your African American Traditional Music history…