Showing posts with label Black Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black Music. Show all posts
Friday, March 16, 2012

The European Tourist And The Black Churches In Harlem

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"Harlem churches see gospel tourist boom on Sundays," 9 March  2012, by Meghan Barr, Associated Press--NEW YORK (AP) — The ste...
Saturday, July 9, 2011

Degenerate Music

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"Degenerate Music - a detailed statement by State Secretary Dr. Hans Severus Ziegler, general manager of the German National Theater in...
Saturday, July 2, 2011

Mississippi Cotton Picker: Charlie Pride

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Charlie Pride One of 11 siblings born into a poor, Mississippi-based sharecropping family, Charley Pride was raised on a cotton farm, where ...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

In Trinidad, Carnival’s Commercial Has Critics

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The New York Times reports: "Carnival’s Louder Commercial Beat Adds Dissonance," by John Eligon, 9 March 2011: PORT-OF-SPAIN, Tri...
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Monday, June 27, 2011

Cotton Picker B.B. King from Indianola, Mississippi.

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From the USA Toda y: INDIANOLA, Miss. — B.B. King's fingers were lightning fast, too smooth to be described as machinelike. His peers, ...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

Cuban Rumba's African Slave Roots

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This had its origin with the African Negro slaves imported into Cuba, whose dances emphasized the movements of the body rather than the feet...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

About the Banjo by Tony Thomas

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From Black Banjo Gathering this article "About the Banjo," written by Tony Thomas discusses the banjo and American folk music. T...
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