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Oak Ridge event for "Our American Roots" included members of Oak Valley Baptist, Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge, and First ...
From the spiritual sung by our enslaved ancestors to the pastor's musical cadence while delivering a sermon, African American religious music is extremely powerful. I spoke with Reverend Larry ...
This post was updated May 22 at 9:43 p.m. Community and tradition inspire the performers of the Old-Time String Band and ...
particularly through the ‘30s era Blues music of the Mississippi Delta and the sacred African American spiritual practice of Hoodoo. Committed to portraying Hoodoo with reverence and accuracy ...
April Wright produces and performs in a 90-minute show, "Chickens, Chitlins, and Caviar," which features jazz, blues, and gospel music. Catch the performance on Saturday, June 8th and Sunday ...
Cherry Street Music, the chamber music program of The Allen Center presents Lift Every Voice: A Juneteenth Musical ...
Festival of World Music includes performances by two student groups whose music is rooted in uniquely American traditions.
Afro-Descendant Communities’ Southern Roots Music Road Trip: Connecting the Louisiana ... announce a series of cultural events celebrating the rich heritage of African American spiritual traditions in ...
VocalFlo LLC will host the third annual South Georgia Gospel Music Festival from 3-8 p.m., June 7 at Unity Park in downtown Valdosta in honor of Black Music Month.  The United States has been ...
The Jacobs School of Music voice department held the special performance ... “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” is an African American spiritual that was first published in 1927 and is now one of ...
In 1903, in his classic The Souls of Black Folk, the influential sociologist and activist W E B Du Bois famously declared that the African American spiritual ‘stands today not simply as the sole ...
LITTLE ROCK, (KATV) — African American men are facing ... The day will also include music therapy with jazz artist Rodney Block, gospel artist Marcus Jordan, and Bishop Avery delivering a ...