Journey N 2 Sound Episode 6: Q: What Is Black Music?

A: All music is Black music.

In honor of Black Music Month, two Black music nerds (Jermaine & Mike) discuss how musical genres have become racialized over the years--and why those restrictions are slowly falling apart in the 21st century. We talk about everything from discovering seminal Black rock bands like Bad Brains and Living Colour to finding out that the banjo and fiddle (among many instruments) have roots in Africa. Along the way, we discuss cultural appropriation and what that means, talk about the increasing number of Black faces in country music, and we pay tribute to the genre-bending Queen of Rock and Roll, the late, great Tina Turner.

Show Notes:

• Tina Turner

https://www.the-world-of-tina.com/story.html

 

• Black people invented every American Music genre

https://vincedixonportfolio.com/app/black-music-history/#:~:text=Family%20Tree%20of%20American%20Music&text=The%20research%20shows%20that%20nearly,is%20a%20very%20flexible%20genre.

 

• KISS-FM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS-FM_(brand)

 

• Frankie Crocker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Crocker

 

• Country vs. Western

https://jagannathr.medium.com/what-is-the-relation-between-country-and-western-music-8439052b1f85

 

• Black History of the Banjo

https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/black-banjo-reclamation-project-african-roots

 

• History of the Harp

https://www.harp.com/history-of-the-harp/

 

• Zeal and Ardor - “Row Row” Live from 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1PTAOBHBKA

 

• Origins of “Zeal and Ardor”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/6wqvnb/zeal-and-ardor-interview

 

• Bristol Music Scene and Trip Hop

https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2012/01/31/142607358/local-groove-does-good-the-story-of-trip-hops-rise-from-bristol

 

• How Babe Ruth’s “The Mexican” became a b-boy anthem

http://jesse-serwer.com/babe-ruth-the-mexican/?utm_source=pocket_mylist