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Hace 4 días · Langston Hughes, for example, captured the life and language of the working class, and the rhythm and style of the blues in a number of his poems, none more so than "The Weary Blues." In contrast to Hughes's appropriation of the form of black music, especially jazz and the blues, and his use of the black vernacular, Claude McKay and Countee Cullen utilized more traditional and classical forms ...
Hace 4 días · blues, secular folk music created by African Americans in the early 20th century, originally in the South. The simple but expressive forms of the blues became by the 1960s one of the most important influences on the development of popular music—namely, jazz, rhythm and blues, rock, and country music—throughout the United States. Form
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- The blues is a form of secular folk music created by African Americans in the early 20th century, originally in the South. Although instrumental ac...
- In the 19th century the English phrase blue devils referred to the upsetting hallucinations brought on by severe alcohol withdrawal. This was later...
- The origins of the blues are poorly documented, but it is believed that after the American Civil War (1861–65), formerly enslaved African Americans...
- In the early 20th century the blues (among several other popular genres of music) was considered seductive and destructive by parents and clergy wh...
- The blues has a distinct melancholic and somber tone, which is achieved through vocal techniques such as melisma, rhythmic techniques such as synco...
Hace 2 días · Talk about a legacy. In 1963, Amiri Baraka delivered “Blues People;” their influence, and his, continue profoundly shaping the nation today. Admission to Express Newark (54 Halsey Street, 2nd ...
Hace 1 día · The Chicago Blues Archives are languishing in disarray, ... Even poet Haki Madhubuti became an active member. But in a fateful decision, the archive’s board changed direction in 1977, ...
Hace 5 días · Poet, playwright, and essayist, former Beat Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) was the leader of this school of writing, a long-time jazz aficionado, who began his jazz writing career providing notes for jazz albums. Baraka produced an important study of black music entitled Blues People (1963), which is partly about jazz.
Hace 22 horas · Dave Brown is a writer/poet and the founder of Blues Vespers, now in its 25th year. He most recently served Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Tacoma. Most Read Opinion Stories.
Hace 5 días · midnight. Toni Giselle Stuart. This Appears In. Read Issue. Audio recordings of classic and contemporary poems read by poets and actors, delivered every day. Subscribe. More Episodes from Audio Poem of the Day. Showing 1 to 20 of 5,086 Podcasts. Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
