Introducing the "HomeMade Jamz Blues Band"
the youngest black blues band - live video
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Orgin of the Blues History has it that Black slaves entered virginia in early 1619 from Africa. Concentrated in the South before being transported to other parts of America, Frederick Douglas and Sojourner Truths's narratives said slaves were made to sing because slave owners were worrying about insurrections. Slaves sang spirituals, blues, hollers and work songs. (source: BLACK AMERICAN MUSIC: Past and Present. The Second Edition, by Hildred Roach). learn about and the first African American woman to make a vocal blues recording. Explore Black ambient music for something different. |