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Curated Video
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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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...
The Guardian
Mercury Music Prize: Sam Lee's Romany folk music inspiration
Mercury Music Prize: Sam Lee's Romany folk music inspiration Sam Lee, whose extraordinary album Ground of Its Own is nominated for the 2012 Mercury music prize, takes us to Kent to meet one of his musical inspirations, Freda Black, an...
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Elevating the Forgotten Histories of Black Women Through Folk Music 🪕 Smithsonian Channel
The power behind the music of ‘Our Native Daughters’ comes from giving a voice to the struggles of those who came before us – and few have struggled to be heard as much as Black women. #OurNativeDaughters #ReclaimingHistory...
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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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Reclaiming History: Our Native Daughters Sneak Peek | Smithsonian Channel
Listen to the albumef='https://folkways.si.edu/songs-of-our-native-daughters' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>album ‘Our Native Daughters’ is a group of four renowned Black musicians, determined to tell their own history through folk...
Jack Rackam
Hero of Two Nations | The Life & Times of Casimir Pulaski
Casimir Pulaski, or Kazimierz Pułaski if you prefer, lived a heck of a life. Was the Bar Confederation ultimately successful in preventing the partition of Poland? Maybe not. Would someone else have saved George Washington's life if Ben...
The Kiboomers
Kumbaya Children Song | Song for Kids | Camp | Campfire | The Kiboomers
Kumbaya Lyrics Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya Oh Lord, kumbaya Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya Someone's singing Lord, kumbaya Oh Lord, kumbayah Someone's...
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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.
PBS
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.
The Histocrat
Anansi the Trickster - Mythillogical
Kids Academy
The king of the cats | Fairy tales | Learn Like Nastya
It's Kids Academy, and welcome back to our channel! In this educational video for kids, we will read aloud the children's folk tale "The king of the cats". More interesting short stories and nursery rhymes you can find on our channel....
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...
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...
A&E Television
Biography: Singers
An extensive collection of video biographies of popular singers, present and past, from all musical genres. Each article includes its citation in several formats. (Note: Some entries have 'Singer' in their names but are not actual singers.)