African-American music,black music- music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses folk ballad,folk song,folksong- a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part ...
The main themes in Bessie Smith’s songs were those of poverty, oppression, being defeated in a cruel world and being a loser in love. Bessie and other black women expressed their personal feelings of loss through song. In fact, the blues sung by women represented the personal experiences ...
Country blues songs reflect everyday dreams and struggles. The music emerged in the 1920s and 1930s in the deep south of the Mississippi Delta. It has deep roots in early African American culture and songs sung by slaves on the vast southern plantations. Country blues music is sound at its...
Alan Lomax states that the blues tradition was considered to be a masculine discipline (although some of the first blues songs heard by whites were sung by "lady" blues singers like Mamie Smith and Bessie Smith) and not many black women were to be found singing the blues in the juke-joint...
I don’t know what note I shall sing till I’ve sung it.’ Broonzy’s insistence on the individuality of his performance, as well as the precision needed to accompany him, chimed perfectly with the British consensus that Broonzy was one of the few remaining ‘true’ blues singers. And ...
Scope and Approach of Discussion There are two major types of early blues songs, namely downhome and vaudeville blues. Downhome blues is mostly sung by men, while Vaudeville by women singers . Originally downhome blues is folk music, but since 1920 with the recording industry it has become ...
He became enthralled by songs sung by the other laborers as they replaced old track. He joined the church choir to meet cute girls and his vocal talents were noticed by the choir director, who was also Dean of Music at the University of Tulsa and became Antry’s musical mentor, giving ...
The thoughtful closer is the optimistic “Healer,” a gently sung ballad with a folk-song feel that slowly builds a message of hope, the ultimate revival: “Maybe I can bring somebody peace / Maybe make somebody feel loved / If I could just provoke a little hope in this world / It’ll...
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“Fool’s Paradise,” the Johnny Fuller tune made popular by Mose Allison. Are you kidding me? Way too far pulled-back sung by some guy pulled out of a jam session at the corner bar. Third spin was “Riffin’ on McGriffin,” an organ-based original tribute to a late great jazz ...