African American Tribal Music

  • Brei Carter: Country Singer-Songwriter

    Brei Carter: Country Singer-Songwriter

    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.…

  • Black & Indian Folklife, Storyville, Oklahoma, & The Blues

    Black & Indian Folklife, Storyville, Oklahoma, & The Blues

    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…

  • AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLORIST DOC SERIES EP4

    AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLORIST DOC SERIES EP4

    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.

  • Brother Yusef  California Bluesman

    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 Southern California, Brother Yusef picked up the guitar at 19 experimenting…

  • “Elizabeth Lynn Kilrain – Dancing the Blues in San Diego!”

    “Elizabeth Lynn Kilrain – Dancing the Blues in San Diego!”

    on this episode of Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Podcast, I speak with Elizabeth Lynn Kilrain about her journey with Blues Dancing and her organization Blue Note SD who’s mantra is: “Dancing the Blues in San Diego!” The mission of her organization is exploring, celebrating, and growing the blues dance community through musical immersion, classes,…

  • Blues Dance NY – Odysseus Bailer

    Blues Dance NY – Odysseus Bailer

    Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley On this episode, I speak to Actor, Historian and Blues Dance NY Instructor/Dj Odysseus Bailer on the importance of Blues Dance to the tradition of the Blues People, and the great program and community of Blues Dance NY, which is dedicated to fostering community and encouraging life-long learning through…

  • SHELTON KOTTON POWE JR

    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 heritage and culture that are the foundation of “African American Tribal Music” are…

  • We The Blues People F/ Marquis Knox

    We The Blues People F/ Marquis Knox

    Published By: 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 which results continue to leave a strains on African…

  • The Black Spirituals Are The Expressions of Freedom

    The Black Spirituals Are The Expressions of Freedom

    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…

  • NAMA Harlem’s Rich History

    NAMA Harlem’s Rich History

    Published By: 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 organization walks us through the story of NAMA…