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  • 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…

  • Glen David Andrews

    Glen David Andrews

    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…

  • DREAM FURY COMICS, African American Folklore, and the Blues

    DREAM FURY COMICS, African American Folklore, and the Blues

    Published by: Lamont Jack Pearley in this episode of the African American Folklorist, I speak with Newton Lilavois, who is the founder and senior writer for this amazing comic publishing company called Dream Fury Comics. Our conversation focuses on Crescent City Monsters, which is a graphic novel series from DREAM FURY COMICS publishing company.…

  • AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLORIST DOC SERIES EP5

    AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKLORIST DOC SERIES EP5

    The African American Folklorist Doc Series Ep 4 title – “Who Is Black Enough?” Guest Gabriel Greaves – Scholar, Activist & Historian

  • Treme – African American Tribal Music and The Black Experience

    Treme – African American Tribal Music and The Black Experience

    Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley Most people don’t think to associate the word Tribe or Tribal with African American. For the most part, African and Native American usually comes to mind. However, the irony of the names “African American” and “Native American” are really names that describe the same group of people.  Recently, I…