On this episode, we speak about, Why is B.OB. Essential in an era we are supposed to be united and integrated? What do we expect from a B.O.B. that we don’t expect from anyone else? And most of all, How do I determine where I spend my Money?

The criteria for the last question is broken down by :

Customer Service 

Products 

Locations 

We also discuss what is needed in the community. Are there any B.O.B.'s filling those voids, or are they just opening and operating the business that has become culturally popular? 


B.O.B = Black Owned Business

Mending Our Relationship With B.O.B (Black Owned Business)- Glows & Grows

This week on Talking Bout The Blues I have the honor of speaking with one of the last remaining threads to original Blues....and owner of the longest running Juke Joint in America, Bentonia Bluesman Jimmy Duck Holmes, as he breaks down the real Blue.

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On this episode I will be talking with Blues Sensation Jontavious Willis. This young man is the rebirth of real Roots Blues, and we will be discussing the regional styles of Blues such as Piedmont, Delta and the like...along with hearing some great Original Blues records that will allow you to feel the music we're discussing.

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on this episode of Jack Dappa Blues 'Talkin Bout The Blues' I have the honor to speak with the living Legend Bobby Rush!! 50 years strong in the Blues Music business, and has a new album out!!

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On this powerful episode of Jack Dappa Blues, I speak with Dr. Steve Perry as we discuss the Blues of the educational system for Back and Brown folks!

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Nothing But Blues, Blues, Blues and MO BLUES!!

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I Can't Sing, But I Got A Song

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Eye of the Storm

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On this episode, I speak with Reverend, Dr. Derrick McQueen, New Testament Scholar and Black Spirituals Historian about how The Black Spirituals Are The Expression of Freedom, along with the history of the Black Spirituals, it’s importance and it’s truly the songs and expressions of revolution.

In an earlier article, I wrote about Black Spirituals, and how they were America’s Folk songs. However, Dr. Reverend McQueen gives a better explanation to the way America fits into the Black Spirituals. He explains that calling the Black Spirituals America’s folk songs can actually omit the Africanism and the African American ownership of the expression birthed through our experience.

Take a listen to this podcast hear all of the great information our brother shares.

The Black Spirituals Are The Expression Of Freedom

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Dom Flemons “The American Songster” of the legendary Carolina Chocolate Drops, has made a career preserving Traditional American Folk songs and it’s history as a practitioner and folklorist. He’s covered the gambit of traditional music from Blues to jug bands. Today, he’s delved deep into a part of American history and African American traditions that many are not familiar with. His new project on the Smithsonian Folkways Records is a journey through the life and heritage of the Black Cowboy.  In this new project, Dom explores the History of the American West With a Collection of African American Cowboy Songs and the stories that accompany the tunes.

On this episode, Dom goes into detail of how a visit with family some 10 years ago landed him at a gift shop around the Petrified Forest, where he came across a book called “The Negro Cowboys”. Probably no coincidence, Dom shares with us what transpired from this book purchase, and how the journey of producing The Black Cowboys album brings him full circle of his own family’s lineage.

‘Black Cowboys’ is the new album from multi-instrumentalist, songster, and co-founding member of the GRAMMY Award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, Do



m Flemons. More than a collection of songs from the “Wild West,” the record sheds light on the prominent but often overlooked role African American pioneers played in westward expansion.

In 2018, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings celebrates its 70th anniversary, honoring Folkways founder Moses Asch’s mission to “document the people’s music.” As a musical torchbearer andinnovator, Dom Flemons is committed to extending and reinterpreting Asch’s legacy in the modern age. Joining him on this year’s extensive release schedule are avant-garde folk duo Anna & Elizabeth, Iraqi-American oud virtuoso Rahim AlHaj, Tejano giants Los Texmaniacs, and special projects that include the ‘Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap,’ a topical box set on ‘The Social Power of Music,’ and extensive retrospectives on Folkways greats Pete Seeger and Barbara Dane.

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NAMA Harlem, also known as The New Amsterdam Musical Association is a staple of the Harlem community as it is with the History of African American Music, Entertainment and Heritage. On this episode, Arthur Brown, Vice President of the legendary organization walks us through the story of NAMA Harlem’s Rich History, and gives insights of its significance in African American History, Traditional Music and Culture.

Founded in 1904, the New Amsterdam Musical Association, NAMA Harlem is the oldest African-American musical organization in the United States. It was founded at the time that the American Federation of Musicians Local 310 (now, Local 802) did not admit minority musicians and the law stated that one had to be in the union in order to perform in New York City.

While the New Amsterdam Musical Association has never defined itself as a Jazz-oriented organization, it has certainly been both a literal and figurative home for many jazz musicians. The association became a key cultural reference point for jazz music during the Harlem Renaissance from the 1920s through to the 1950s. Located in Harlem, NAMA has served as a place for many musicians to gather after performances to socialize and to practice. It was not uncommon for the likes of  John Coltrane or Max Roach to rehearse on the ground floor of the brownstone. Until the 1990s, NAMA also allowed musicians to board in the upper floors when they came to town. For a spell,  Jelly Roll Morton lived in one of the upstairs rooms.

NAMA Harlem moved to its current location in 1922. It is no longer union or exclusively a members club, and now functions as a hub for Harlemites, and a testament to the history of African-American musicians in New York City.

Currently, NAMA Harlem offers lessons to all vocalists and instrumentalists at all levels at low to no cost, depending on the circumstances of the student. It also holds a host of community events such as jam sessions and barbecues that both serve as gathering times for the Harlem community as well as fundraising events for NAMA Harlem itself.

 

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“We The Blues People” is a biweekly broadcast produced and hosted by Jack Dappa Blues Public Media, in partnership with Knox Entertainment located in St. Louis, which is a live feed broadcast that discusses events and laws from the past which results continue to leave a strains on African American politics, economy and family of today. 
The program is hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley and Marquis Knox.

"The path the slave took to 'citizenship' is what I want to look at. And I make my analogy through the slave citizen's music -- through the music that is most closely associated with him: blues and a later, but parallel development, jazz... [If] the Negro represents, or is symbolic of, something in and about the nature of American culture, this certainly should be revealed by his characteristic music." -- Amiri Baraka in the Introduction to Blues People

We The Blues People F/ Marquis Knox

In this episode of the Jack Dappa Blues Radio Podcast, I speak with Eric Freeman, also known as “The Blueridge Boy” currently living real-life hobo blues. Eric shares with us his journey learning and playing the blues, his humble beginnings in the Appalachia mountains, and his of real-life experienced Hobo Blues. Eric is currently homeless, so we ask that any donations for this episode go to him @ PayPal blueridgeboy3@gmail.com or Venmo blueridgeericcountryblues@gmail.com https://www.youtube.com/user/bunnyboyblue1 If you are interested in sponsoring content and/or ad space in our newspaper The African American Folklorist, please contact – lamontjackpearley@jackdappabluesradio.tv denisepearley@jackdappabluesradio.tv

REAL LIFE HOBO BLUES - The Eric Freeman Story

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