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Randye Jones- Black Spirituals
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In this episode, I speak with Randy Jones. She breaks down the black Spirituals and the many misconceptions about them. Randye Jones is a native of Greensboro, North Carolina. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from Bennett College in Greensboro. While there, Randye’s academic achievements included being named to Who’s Who…
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African American Tribal Music Revisited: A Blues Ecological and Narrative Reframing
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Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley African American Tribal Music What I once called African American Tribal Music — a term that sought to name the deep, complex musical expressions of Black people in America — is now sharpened by the theoretical lenses of Blues Ecology, Blues Narrative, and Black Southern Afro-Indigenous epistemologies. These frameworks allow us to understand our…