The Emergence of Blues Music in America

Program Type:

Black History Month, Lecture, Music, Performances

Age Group:

Adults
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What is the Blues? Discover the West African roots of American Blues music and its southern legacy as musician and oral historian, Fruteland Jackson, chronicles its emergence from the rural Mississippi Delta and the East Texas and Piedmont regions. Jackson will navigate the Blues' evolution from the Great Migration and emergences into the Chicago Style and its inevitable influence on rock and roll. Program will include a 30 minute Blues concert.