African Americans - Music - History and
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Like a Bird: The Art of the American Slave Song
$9.99 Read moreEnslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms–including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bondage and offered a ra
- Author: Grady, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1728466989
- Language: English
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Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story
$27.95 Add to cartDespite the fact that most of jazz’s major innovators and performers have been African American, the overwhelming majority of jazz journalists, critics, and authors have been and continue to be white … [more below]
- Author: Jenkins, Willard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: December 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1478019034
- Language: English
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Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader
$28.95 Add to cartSince launching his career at the Village Voice in the early 1980s Greg Tate has been one of the premiere critical voices on contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and politics. Flyboy 2 pro… [more below]
- Author: Tate, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0822361965
- Language: English
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Wade in the Water: The Wisdom of the Spirituals – Revised Edition
$24.00 Add to cartWade in the Water celebrates the spirituals both as art form and as unique and powerful cultural expression. Exploring the African roots of the spirituals, Jones explores the way the songs conceal a l
- Author: Jones, Arthur C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1626985049
- Language: English
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Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions
$24.95 Read more2023 Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
2023 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, Association for Recorded Sound Collections
2023 The Jud- Series: American Music
- Author: Royster, Francesca T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1477326499
- Language: English
