I’M BLACK Y’ALL- AMERICAN MUSIC
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May 7, 2018
Disclaimer *I am not an artist* SOUL For the soul portion of my piece, I referenced artists such as Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, and James
Disclaimer *I am not an artist* SOUL For the soul portion of my piece, I referenced artists such as Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, and James
Doc, after the attitudes and side eyes that went on in this class, we must finally part ways. I loved being able to spend class
What is it about the things Black people create? That music for us, by us. Well funk was definitely that. Founded in the mid 60’s,
Musical theater by the 1890’s in America was a genre completely powered by white people. Any form of representation of African Americans was once completely
Rising from what was already booming of the Blues and Ragtime, in the cosmopolitan streets of New Orleans, came Jazz. Emerging in the early 1900’s,
OUTLINE METHODOLOGY: Insert methods used for research(music, documentaries, biographies, etc). Perhaps insert prior knowledge of artist. INTRODUCTION: Who is Rick James? What genre is he
While classical music has its origins in western culture, stylized after both sacred and secular music, it is extremely hard to find a music genre
Bibliography James, Rick, and David Ritz. Glow : The Autobiography of Rick James. First Atria books hardcover edition. ed., Atria Books, 2014. James, Rick.
Birthed in the shacks of share crops, blues became a genre that would go on to shape all other popular music genres in America to
Ragtime can be described as song and dance inscribed in syncopated instrumentals. It has a great combination of early jazz and classical music, and written