Alicia Keys Bibliography- Artist Paper
Bibliography “Alicia Keys.” GRAMMY.com, 23 Nov. 2020, www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/alicia-keys/12104. “Alicia Keys’ Official Site.” Alicia Keys, aliciakeys.com/home/. Americanvogue, director. 73 Questions With Alicia Keys | Vogue. YouTube, YouTube, 30 June 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwZjWigTTHM. CBSSundayMorning, director. Alicia Keys Reflects on the Journey to Know Herself. YouTube, YouTube, 22 Mar. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M6xyYvGelo. Lamarre, Carl. “Alicia Keys Is Finally Accepting Her […]
Evolution of Gospel through the Decades
Gospel Music Through the Years (1920-2020) 1920 “He Is My Story” by Arizona Dranes is an example of traditional Gospel music from the late 1920s. The song talks about praising the Lord for “all the day long.” 1930 https://youtu.be/4HNZNvlhlN4 Thomas A. Dorsey, the Father of Gospel Music wrote “Take my Hand, Precious Lord” in 1938. […]
Jaleah Wiggins
Jaleah Wiggins
The Legacy of Earth, Wind, and Fire
Funky Music https://youtu.be/god7hAPv8f0https://youtu.be/0Qz_b1di3i8 Earth, Wind and Fire are a funk music group known for meshing all types of music into their work. Their songs mesh R&B, soul, and jazz to make a medley of funky music. Their albums were the blueprint for music today. They showed the music industry that Black music groups could be […]
R&B Through the Years
First Stream (1940s-1950s) https://youtu.be/CnI_LuCJ4Ekhttps://youtu.be/nPeTtg3fTB8 Second Stream (mid 1950s- mid 1960s) https://youtu.be/u0Ujb6lJ_mMhttps://youtu.be/eFFgbc5Vcbw Third Stream (1960s- mid 1970s) https://youtu.be/9_y6nFjoVp4https://youtu.be/Or6Kgo3UsrU Fourth Stream (1970s-1980s) https://youtu.be/TvnYmWpD_T8https://youtu.be/CGib6okEeZ4 Fifth Stream (1990s-present) https://youtu.be/ZeP–wHHiy8https://youtu.be/9aZhLmXzAz8 Even though R&B was established in the 1940s, its music is still very alive and relevant today. Contemporary R&B artists are women and music groups. R&B transformed itself and adapted […]
All About Alicia Keys
ALICIA KEYS By: Jaleah Wiggins Artist History Alicia Augello Cook, a.k.a. Alicia Keys was born in New York, New York, on January 25, 1981. Alicia Keys was raised by her mother, an actress, and paralegal in “Hell’s Kitchen” neighborhood. Her mother was fully supportive of her interests in music. Keys started playing piano at seven […]
Black People Bring the Flavor and the Style!
The “Tradition” https://youtu.be/Bu4068XH6fs The contributions of Black people to Jubilee music altered the tradition of the quartets. In Black culture, a Jubilee quartet meant more than just four people singing. Black artists breathed life into the quartet by adding more harmonies, sounds, and singers to this genre of music. Even within Jubilee music’s Gospel period, […]
Elements of Jazz in Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”
“A LOVE SUPREME” IS MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF JAZZ The performance of “A Love Supreme” by John Coltrane told a story in 1965. The music started off on a slow pace and became more upbeat as time progressed. There were elements of cool jazz when the music was at a slower tempo (Part I- […]
The Power of Black Women in Blues
Three Great Blues Singers Bessie Smith Mamie Smith Ma Rainey Black women stole the show when […]
Spirituals: A Form of Rebellion, Resistance, and Resilience
Negro Spirituals as a Tool for Survival An Act of Resistance Without spirituals, enslaved people would have bottled up all their emotions and grievances and kept it to themselves. Singing spirituals allowed enslaved people to temporarily relieve a mere ounce of the stress that was upon them. Negro Spirituals were a form of liberation to […]
Tracy Chapman
About Tracy Tracy Chapman was born March 30, 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio. Her love of music started early, at the age of three. Chapman’s first instrument was a ukulele; she also sings and plays the guitar. Her music falls within in the folk music genre. Tracy Chapman is an avid reader and fan of poetry. […]
