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Why this instrument explains Black American folk music
Jake Blount, a banjo scholar, explains. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videosf='http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos Jake Blount has built a career out of understanding the banjo’s...
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Exploring the Roots of Blues Music
Explore the origins of Blues music in the American Deep South and its evolution from African American work songs and European American folk music. Learn about key musical characteristics of the Blues, such as the call and response...
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Country Music of Kentucky
This is the story of Route 23, known as the Country Music Highway that stretches across Eastern Kentucky, the home of some of America's greatest Country Music stars
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Bluegrass Music
Kentucky’s Appalachian Mountains was the birthplace of Bluegrass Music and Bill Monroe who became the Godfather of the Bluegrass
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The evolution of American protest music
Music is a critical form of expression in American politics — especially in times of political and social unrest. Subscribe to our channel!'http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>channel! Dating back to the early days...
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How trucker country music became a '70s fad
Long-haul truckers were once country music’s heroes. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videosf='http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos “Ah, breaker one-nine, this here’s the Rubber...
TED Talks
TED: St. James Infirmary Blues | Silk Road ensemble + Rhiannon Giddens
Singer Rhiannon Giddens joins international music collective Silk Road ensemble to perform "St. James Infirmary Blues," spiking the American folk song that Louis Armstrong popularized in the 1920s with Romani influence and mischievous...
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Instrument: Banjo
Extra Credits
Irish Potato Famine - The American Wake - Extra History - #4
Not all of the 214,000 Irish immigrants in 1847 made it safely to their new homes--and of those who did, many faced classism and xenophobia and even bullying from the "Ulster Irish" or "Scots-Irish" folks who had previously established...
Jack Rackam
That Time an American Lawyer Took Over Nicaragua | The Life & Times of William Walker
Get 1 month of NordPass Premium for free at href='http://www.nordpass.com/jackrackam' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>at with your email, or use the super secret code jackrackam to claim 10% off of a 2-year plan Footnotes: 0:26 Shame...
TED Talks
TED: Songs that bring history to life | Rhiannon Giddens
Rhiannon Giddens pours the emotional weight of American history into her music. Listen as she performs traditional folk ballads -- including "Waterboy," "up Above My Head," and "Lonesome Road" by Sister Rosetta Tharp -- and one glorious...
The Histocrat
Anansi the Trickster - Mythillogical
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Why Shakira loves this African beat
Colombia’s folk beat has African roots. Follow the Vox Borders watch pageref='https://www.fInstagramom/VoxBorders/' target='_newsletter='nofollow'>pagechannel!w Johnny on Foxw.instagram.com/johnnywharris/'...
Biography
Bob Dylan - Singer & Songwriter | Mini Bio | BIO
Folk rock singer-songwriter Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota. While attending college, he began performing folk and country songs, taking the name "Bob Dylan." In 1961 Dylan signed his first...
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Instrument: Mandolin
In this film, Nigel Woodhouse introduces the mandolin. The mandolin has been used by many composers across the centuries to give special colour to the orchestra, often evoking folk music. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 00:00 Orchestral Extract:...
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What Missy Elliott did for Afrofuturism
Missy Elliott and her frequent collaborators have produced over two decades of music videos that we are going to attempt to justify as Afrofuturistic work. Grab your inflatable trash bags, as we take a stroll down memory lane.
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What Missy Elliott did for Afrofuturism
Missy Elliott and her frequent collaborators have produced over two decades of music videos that we are going to attempt to justify as Afrofuturistic work. Grab your inflatable trash bags, as we take a stroll down memory lane.
Visual Musical Minds
Recorder Song #9: Peace like a River
In this video, students will learn how to play "Peace like a River" on the recorder. This song will focus on the notes low D, & E, on the recorder, as well as B, A, & G. It also helps students learn how to play on the 'pick-up' beat.
Visual Musical Minds
Recorder Song #10: Down in the Valley
In this video, students will learn how to play "Down in the Valley " on the recorder. This song will focus on the notes low D through high C on the recorder. "Down in the Valley" is played in a moderately slow 3/4 time signature, and has...
One Minute History
170 - Nina Simone - One Minute History
Nina Simone was an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist, born in 1933 in North Carolina. She trained as a classical pianist at Juilliard, but switched to performing jazz and blues in nightclubs. Her music was influenced...
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Climate Change Is No Invention
CLIMATE CHANGE IS NO INVENTION! Everyone can do something to protect our climate! Find some good environmental groupatto donate to for a better world listet...
Pentatonix
Evolution of Music - Pentatonix
Explore music through the decades with an engaging video brought to you by the 5-part harmony acapella group, Pentatonix. Genuine musical talents sing through a variety of popular music from the 11th century to the 2010's. Artists...
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Chandrakantha & David's Homepage: Daf (Indian Framedrum)
Contains information about the percussion instruments used by the American Indians.
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Pbs: Early America: Derby Ram
Listen to a performance of the English-American song "Derby Ram", a purported favorite of George Washington, for a group of students who sing, stomp, and clap along.
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