Ethnomusicologist & Blues Practitioner
Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation is a focal point for researching, archiving, and raising awareness of Black American Traditional Music and the Black Experience through media and a collected repository. The African American Folklorist
Whether it’s art, literature, bluegrass, or blues, Black Kentuckians have had a hand in shaping it. The African American Folklorist explores that history by providing a more personal look at culture. Building upon the existing
I had the opportunity to research, interview, and create This two-part podcast series, published on the Kentucky Folklife Magazine site, which tells the “Amazing Stories of Modern Day Firsts in the Black Church” as they relate to State Street
Check out my article for the Journal of Folklore and Education published by Local Learning. There I go into more detail. Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation is a private operating organization based in Bowling
I created this course syllabus to examine the traditions, traditional beliefs, cultural context, geographical locations, music, and vernaculars that make African American folklore and folklife. Each unit will be dedicated to unraveling the various genres