Book Lamont Jack Pearley
Traditional Blues Practitioner • Applied Folklorist • Ethnomusicologist • Cultural Preservationist • Lecturer
Lamont Jack Pearley is a leading voice in the preservation, performance, and interpretation of African American Blues and folklore. As founder of the Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation and publisher of The African American Folklorist, he brings together lived tradition, ethnomusicological research, fieldwork, and cultural stewardship. His work offers audiences a powerful blend of scholarship, performance, and storytelling grounded in the history and experiences of the Blues People.
Whether on stage, in classrooms, or in community spaces, Lamont provides culturally grounded, historically accurate, and engaging programming that connects past to present and music to memory.
Featured Programs
Featured Performance
The African American Folklorist and the Blues
A signature performance experience blending:
- Traditional and original Blues songs
- Oral history and narrative storytelling
- Documentary-style segments
- Cultural context rooted in fieldwork and heritage preservation
This performance highlights the Blues as a living tradition, exploring identity, memory, labor, spirituality, and Black Southern lifeways. Ideal for festivals, performance venues, cultural centers, museums, universities, and community arts programming.
Featured Talk
Blues Ecology: Blues Music as Black History
A powerful, accessible lecture grounded in Lamont’s original theories of Blues Ecology and Blues Narrative. This presentation examines:
- The ecological, social, and historical landscapes that shaped the Blues
- Plantation geographies and Black environmental memory
- Blues as a documentary record of Black life, survival, and resistance
- Storyville, the Delta, the Great Migration, and the Black soundscape
- Why the Blues is not just music, but a historical archive of the Blues People
Perfect for academic departments, conferences, museums, educators, public humanities programs, and youth audiences.
Additional Services
Workshops & Master Classes
Interactive sessions designed for learners of all ages:
- Ethnographic documentation for beginners
- Blues history & performance traditions
- Black American folk beliefs, Hoodoo, & cultural memory (academic framing)
- Archival listening and fieldwork ethics
- Storytelling as cultural preservation
Guest Lectures & Residencies
Customizable teaching experiences integrating:
- Ethnomusicology
- Folklore and oral history
- Black Studies and environmental memory
- Blues performance and heritage interpretation
Presentations & Multimedia Programs
Documentary-style, visually rich programs such as:
- We The Blues People
- Blues Music Is Black History
- Reflections from the Archive
What Audiences Can Expect
Lamont offers programming that is:
- Culturally grounded and historically rigorous
- Engaging for general audiences, youth, and scholars alike
- Rooted in lived experience, fieldwork, and community tradition
- Rich with music, storytelling, and context
- Focused on cultural agency, heritage, and preservation
Booking Information
To book a performance, lecture, workshop, or program, please contact:
📧 lamontjackpearley@jackdappabluesradio.tv