Let’s Get Funky
Let’s Get Funky!: An Introduction to Funk Music What is Funk? Funk is considered an urban form of dance music. This genre of music emerged
Steve Lacy: The New Face of Alternative R&B
Steve Lacy: The New Face of Alternative R&B Steve Lacy is an upcoming black artist that is changing the face of the typical R&B sound.
Techno Music and Its Origin
Techno Music What is Techno? Techno is a form of electronic dance music that made an appearance in the Detroit music scene in the 1980s.
Go, Go, Disco!
ALL ABOUT DISCO Background The word disco is short for the French word disctotheque. This form of music emerged in the underground dance venues in New
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Black Musical Theater The growth in participation of African Americans in musical theater evolved naturally. Theater was an outgrowth of religious rituals and communal story
Glory be to God!: African American Gospel
Gospel Gospel music is a form of African American religious music. Gospel music derives from the folk spiritual which was the earliest form of religious
Styles of Jazz
JAZZ Previous Next What is Jazz? Jazz is widely thought of as the most successful point or “pinnacle” of African American Music. Jazz is distinguished
Black Music in the 2010s
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Marian Anderson Article Review
Previous Next Article Review: “Lift Every Voice: Marian Anderson, Florence B. Price and the Sound Of Sisterhood Marian Anderson was a very influential African American
The Blues
Background Towards the end of the first decade of the 20th century, the term “blues”started to become associated with a new style emerging from Black
All About Ragtime
Background Ragtime was a musical style way before the music was given a name. The ragtime style gained widespread popularity from about 1896 to 1920.
History of Jubilee Quartets
Background The African American quartet tradition is an artistic form that originated in the mid-1800s. The early African American a capella vocal groups were originally
African American Negro Spirituals
What are Negro Spirituals? Negro spirituals are songs created by Africans who were brought to America to be enslaved against their will. Although they had
Folk Article Review
The article titled “African-American Folk Music”, gave great information about the history of folk music and how it was birthed out of those who were
