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National African American music

Celebration of black history month with music Atlanta February 12 – 19

Black History Month not only celebrates the achievements of African Americans, it also sets aside a time to focus on important black people and...
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African American Festival to feature Radio One's Stone Soul Picnic

The African-American Festival is an annual festival that celebrates African-American life, music and culture. The festival will take place at the M...
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United Voices of Western Inspirational Singers

  • UVOWIS
  • May 2, 2011
African American culture, in respects to the arts, is very expressive. However, there is not a more expressive and personal aspect of the African...
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Hip Hop Musicians; seeing the world through their words

African American music is an expressive art form. African American musicians not only entertain but they educate. Various artists bring the...
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Top 10 Christmas Spirituals

One of the blessings of Christmas is the wonderful music associated with this festive season. While I enjoy the carols and songs from the past as...
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Navigating Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival and a couple band recommendations

  • 10th Annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
  • September 29, 2010
Every time I look at the line-up of this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, I notice another ridiculously awesome name buried in the...
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#10 Christmas spiritual: amen

Jester Hairston, one of the most celebrated arrangers of spirituals of the 20th Century, composed the spiritual “Amen” which provided...
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#9 Christmas spiritual: wasn't that a mighty day?

Wasn’t that a mighty Day” is another traditional spiritual adapted to Black Nativity. In fact, originally the musical based on...
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#8 Christmas Spiritual: I wonder as I wander (Appalachian carol)

According to Suite 101.com, collector of folk songs, John Jacob Niles, is credited with saving this song, which is also known as an Appalachian...
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#7 Christmas Spiritual: children, go where I send thee

"Children, Go Where I Send Thee" is a traditional African-American spiritual. Also known as "The Holy Baby" or "Born in...
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