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Juneteenth and African American Traditional Music
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Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley Juneteenth should always be mentioned with the term “African American Traditional Music!” Juneteenth is the celebration of the releasing of the last remaining slaves after the emancipation proclamation and civil war. In 1865, June 19 Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger shared the news that the war is…
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Casey Smith – Mourning Blues
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Published By Lamont Jack Pearley During a 1939 folklorist excursion to the Clemens State Prison Farm, John Lomax and his wife Ruby recorded several musicians as they stayed on the Varner-Hogg Plantation in West Columbia and drove about 15 miles to Clemens. There they recorded Blues and Rag guitarist Casey Smith, documented as Smith…
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THE TRUTH ABOUT AMERICA’S HISTORY – Non Voluntary Immigrants
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published by Lamont Jack Pearley Today is the first day of the celebration of Black History Month. So much is going on in the world right now. From Trump, to Trump, to Mexico, to Russia, to African Americans on edge because the fear of another Jim Crow era in on the brink. I…