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4 days ago · Gullah Spirituals: The Sound of Freedom and Protest in the South Carolina Sea Islands by Eric Sean Crawford In Gullah Spirituals musicologist Eric Crawford traces Gullah Geechee songs from their beginnings in West Africa to their height as songs for social change and Black identity in the twentieth century American South. While much has been ...
- African American Studies
The Oxford African American Studies Center provides five...
- African American Music
Specialty databases and some general databases with...
- Blues
Encyclopedia of the Blues by Edward Komara (Editor) This...
- Classical Music
In 1893 the composer Antonín Dvořák prophesied a "great and...
- Rap and Hip Hop
Hip-Hop and Rap Across the Smithsonian Explore hip hop and...
- Rock and Pop
A true music lovers' biography, Blue Monday, includes new...
- Spirituals and Folk Music
The Art of the Concert Spiritual (ACS) Created by soprano...
- General Resources
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the...
- African American Studies
3 days ago · Over 20 years later, the song resurfaced on the charts after the 1986 Rob Reiner-directed film "Stand by Me." The film featured King's song on its soundtrack and borrowed its name—the movie was originally going to be titled "The Body," the name of the Stephen King story on which it is based.
1 day ago · Ron Song’s journey to stardom began in Hollywood, but he didn’t plan on being an actor. The former UC Irvine employee decided to take classes at Second City Hollywood after his 50th birthday ...
5 days ago · In 2005, Lucero put out a song called “Bikeriders”, which was inspired by a chapter in Lyon’s book about Benny, an enigmatic Outlaw member, narrated by his wife Kathy. While Lyon never ...
2 days ago · The Old Theater Presents Songs of the South, Saturday, June 22 @ 5:30p. Songs of the South band members hail from the mountains of Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. In 2019 they started covering songs by country music legends Alabama. Now, they tour performing their Alabama tribute.
3 days ago · Black Sails is a fictional story, but it includes a lot of real life characters, making it worth doing some fact checking on the hit Starz original.
2 days ago · Cabaret is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff. It is based on the 1951 play I Am a Camera by John Van Druten, which in turn was based on the 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood .
