Episode 27: Blues Music, the African American Experience and Folklore Forget what you think you know about Blues Music and join us as we speak with award-winning Independent Filmmaker and radio journalist Lamont Jack Pearley who explains what blues music is and isn’t. Pearley is founder of the African American Folklorist Magazine and Podcast and was inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame as Great Blues Historian and TV/Radio Producer and Great Blues Artist. We discuss the history of blues music, African American traditions, Juneteenth, Black spirituals and the African American experience, as well as his work as a folklorist taking storytelling, entrepreneurship, and bringing them together in a collaborative effort.
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