May 23, 2021
Before one can understand Gospel music, one must understand slavery in America. Slave spirituals (Gospel) cannot exist without context. As I explained in Lesson 1
Jazz is the secret. Jazz is the missing link, they say. Somewhere, we’ve lost an important part of our heritage as African Americans. Our future
The Rhythm bridges to the Blues. They are like two connected islands, yet they can live separately. When the Blues are felt, it is the
“TODAY HIP HOP IS A REASON TO GET UP!” NAS There is so much to talk about when we speak of Hip Hop. First, Hip
What is FUNK? Funk is a strange land where people wash up on the shore and argue about its nature. I, for one, agree with
Things are lost in translation. What does it mean to have “soul” when you dance? From an African-American cultural perspective, ‘soul’ is a mixture of
Monday Blues There is a story to everything, to every feeling. The blues or having the blues is a mood. It was often associated with