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 BROWN BROTHERS JUBILEE QUARTET The Brown Brother Jubilee Quartet was a quartet founded in the early 1930s in Columbia South Carolina. A quartet is
The Mills Brothers were a musical quartet that consisted of four brothers from Piqua, Ohio.The original member (John Jr., Herbert, Harry, and Donald Mills) got
The Negro Spiritual “I’m buildin’ me a home I’m buildin’ me a home I’m buildin’ me a home I’m buildin’ me a home This earthly
Origin Originally known as the background singers for Robert Anderson in 1947, the Caravans grew to become the nation’s most notable female gospel group by
The Fairfield Four The African American quartet tradition is an artistic form with a unique history and aesthetic expression that originated in the mid
The Start of The “Four Harmony Kings” The a capella quartet originally named the “Four Harmony Kings” was formed by Claude Jeter in 1938 in
Members: Clay Graham Cleve Graham Bobby McDougal Ben Chandler Michael Atkins Eddie Graham Fred Rice Former Members: Elgie Graham Willie Johnson Theophilles Graham Monroe Hatchett
ORIGIN The Pilgrim Jubilees, sometimes commonly known as “The Jubes” are a black gospel group established in 1934. The group was established by original group
ORIGIN When Africans were enslaved they were not granted the freedom to express their own religious beliefs or non-beliefs. Instead, they were forced into
Where did Negro Spirituals originate? Dating back to slavery years in the United States, from the 1600’s through the 1870’s, African-American spirituals, also known as