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[expeditiemuziek]

The hidden logic of the emergence of music in the US.

Recently, I wrote a series of posts about the evolution of the music that immigrants from Europe brought to the US, so-called country & western. This style blended with rhythm & blues, rooted in the African-American tradition. Rock ‘n’ roll, folk, ‘Americana’ and eventually Shania Twain and Taylor Swift positioned in this evolution. In the next episodes I take the opposite route. The starting point is the African-American tradition, beginning with the songs sung by slaves, and two be continued through spirituals, gospel, and blues into rhythm & blues, Motown, funk, disco, and dance

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Music in the Americas would have sounded completely different today if millions of slaves had not been deported to this part of the world. The so-called ‘worksongs’ are an early example of the evolution of African music into a unique Afro-American style.

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[saturdaysound]

They Introduced the World to Songs of Slavery. It Almost Broke Them.

The Jubilee Singers were a global sensation. But an aggressive touring schedule would leave the young performers exhausted, underpaid, and in some cases, dead.