Folk music is an origination from African people. Often accredited to whites, folk music was brought about from enslaved Africans in the Americas. While being
What is Folk Music? Folk music is popular traditional music passed down orally through generations that explains cultures varying depending on the class, period of
The Supremes started out as a quartet known as the Primettes. In 1959 two fifteen year olds, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson, met at a
Surely God Is Able by Marion Williams and The Ward Singers Sample Lyrics Don’t you know God is able (he’s able) He’s able (he’s able)
What is Blues? The Blues is a genre of music that was created by African American in the South. Blues voiced African American’s grief, desires,
Let’s get into the Blues Years following the end of the slavery epidemic in America, the music genre, Blues, began to boom. African Americans, no
Who was Marvin Gaye? Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. was born on April 2, 1939 in Washington, D.C. Marvin always had a love for singing and
The Evolution of Gospel. Gospel music first emerged as spirituals from the combining of West African musical traditions, the experiences of slavery, Christian practices, and
One of the earliest forms of religious music developed in black culture in America is the spiritual. The genre of music came out of slavery
Like many of the first genres of African American music in the western world, the quartet was born out of European and African American aesthetics
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At the turn of the 19th century – late 1890s – a musical form dubbed “the blues” began to emerge in the Deep South of