Lead Belly is “the hard name of a harder man,” said Woody Guthrie of his friend and fellow American music icon who was born Huddie Ledbetter (c. 1888–1949).
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Esperanza Spalding’s Pop Culture Loves | Smithsonian Magazine
She may not own a television, but the Grammy-award winning musician definitely has her favorite books and films.
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Smithsonian Museum Taking African Americans to Paris | Afro
Want to go on a luxurious trip to Paris with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture where you’ll learn about the city that famously embraced African-American expats?
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Nina Simone in Liberia | Guernica
The singer went to Africa, she said, in search of peace, or a husband, or maybe the feeling of home.
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Newly Uncovered Recordings Find Thelonious Monk In His Prime – NPR
In 1959, the peak of his playing years, Thelonious Monk did something he’d never done before: record music for a film.
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Wynonie Harris Lived The Life He Sang About – Chicago Tribune
Booze, women and partying were the favorite lyrical fare of raucous blues shouter Wynonie Harris.
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Black Music History: From Plantations to the White House – NOFI
At every stage of their integration on American soil, black people have created the kind of music that reflected their social integration as well as their state of mind. That was the starting point of The young African-American and the rap phenomenon, a study conducted by Pascal Archimède, trainer in english and author of the book « Music in professional language training ».
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