Black Performers In Country, Bluegrass, & Folk Music
Books:
Hidden in the Mix: The African American Presence in Country Music by Diane Pecknold {2013}
Country Soul: Making Music And Making Race In The American South by Charles L. Hughes {2015}
The Banjo: America’s African Instrument by Laurent Dubois {2016} x
Pride: The Charley Pride Story by Charley Pride & Jim Henderson {1994}
Deford Bailey: A Black Star in Early Country Music by David C. Morton & Charles K. Wolfe {1991}
My Country: The African Diaspora’s Country Music Heritage by Pamela E. Foster {1998}
My Country, Too: The Other Black Music by Pamela E. Foster {2000}
Say It One More Time For The Brokenhearted by Barney Hoskyns {1987}
African Banjo Echoes In Appalachia: A Study of Folk Traditions by Cecelia Conway {1995}
Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music by Clinton Walker {2015}
Hoedowns, Reels, And Frolics: Roots And Branches Of Southern Appalachian Dance - Phil Jamison {2015}
Black Country Music: Listening For Revolutions by Francesca T. Royster {2022}
Well Of Souls: Uncovering The Banjo's Hidden History by Kristina R. Gaddy {2022}
Documentary:
Rhythm, Country & Blues {1994}
Waiting In The Wings: African Americans In Country Music 1, 2, 3 {2004}
The Banjo Project {2011}
Les Blank: Always For Pleasure
American Epic {2017}
Charley Pride: I’m Just Me {2019}
CDs:
American Epic: The Collection {5 CD box set - 2017}
From Where I Stand: The Black Experience In Country Music {3 CD box - 1998 / 4 CD Box - 2024}
Articles:
Linda Martell {March 1970 / Ebony} Ruby Falls Nisha Jackson {June 14, 1987 / Chicago Tribune} Color Them Country: The Black Women Of Country Music {2019} Rufus “Tee Tot” Payne - x Lesley Riddle {2017} Henry Glover - 1, 2, 3, 4 Sun, Sea and Stetsons: Why St. Lucia loves country and western music {2014} Country Music Is Hugely Popular In Africa. But It’s Nearly All Imported {2017} That Ain't My Song On The Jukebox {1997} Black Hillbilly {2015} Rural Black String Band Music {1980} McDonald Craig {1982} African Bluegrass
Youtube
Shemekia Copeland - Drivin’ Out Of Nashville {2015} Shirley Caesar - No Charge {1983} McDonald Craig - Pistol Packing Papa / Saddie Brown {2010} Donna Summer & Eddie Rabbitt - Medley {1983} Minnie Riperton - It’s So Nice (To See Old Friends) {1974} Nisha Jackson - Alive And Well {1987} A Taste Of Honey - Leavin’ Tomorrow {1982} Miko Marks & The Resurrectors - Whiskey River {2021} The Pointer Sisters - Fairytale / Live Your Life Before You Die {1974 / 1975} Chapel Hart - Country Paradise {2020} Margie Joseph - Touch Your Woman {1975} Rufus & Chaka Khan - I Finally Found You {1973} Patti LaBelle - Country Christmas {1990} Etta Baker & Cora Phillips - Jaybird March {2005} Beyoncé & Dixie Chicks - Daddy Lessons {2016} Sunny Daye - I’m Already There / Sin Wagon {2007 / 2011} Cynthia Mae Talley - Change Of Heart {2010} Frankie Staton - Rhinestone Cowgirl {1999} Toshi Reagon - Mountain Top {2002} Linda Martell - Bad Case Of The Blues {1970} Nell Carter - So Long Dude {1972} Smokey Robinson & Dolly Parton - I Know You By Heart {1987} B. B. King - Alexis’ Boogie {1971} Uncle John Scruggs - Little Log Cabin In The Lane {1928} Sananda Maitreya (Terence Trent D'Arby) - I Still Love You {1993} George W. Johnson - The Laughing Song {1897} Johnnie Taylor - Party Life {1970} Sir Mix-A-Lot - Square Dance Rap / Buttermilk Biscuits {1985 / 1988} Parliament - Little Ole Country Boy {1970} Commodores - Sail On {1979} Michael Jackson - For The Good Times {1984} Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) {2007} Joe Tex - Grandma Mary {1969} Richie Havens - The Key {2008} Seckond Chaynce - Write This Down {2017} Bad Bascomb - Black Grass {1972} O. B. McClinton - albums / Talk To My Children’s Mama {1977} Big Al Downing - I Ain’t No Fool / Beer Drinkin’ People {1979} Otis Williams And The Midnight Cowboys - Mule Skinner Blues {1971} Whistler’s Jug Band - Foldin’ Bed {1930} Tavia Brooks - The Man {2023} Caleb James - You Ain't No Cowboy {2024} Virginia Kirby - Faded Rose {1977} The BoykinZ - Step Right Up {2025} The Nairobi Wranglers - The Legend Of The Black Cowboy & His Music {1980}
