Month: March 2015

Videos in class on March 18, 2015

These videos go along with our discussion in class about festivals, folk and authenticity. There are a few included just for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

Listening assignment:

Lecture/Readings:

 

https://archive.org/details/TheHighLonesomeSound1963

Cool things I didn’t want you to miss:

http://couchbycouchwest.com/about/

http://bluegrasstoday.com/everything-changed-video-from-the-flatbellys/#vanilla-comments

enjoy!

JLaney

The President notes Bluegrass…

“We are storytellers, writers, poets, and artists who abhor unfairness, and despise hypocrisy, and give voice to the voiceless, and tell truths that need to be told.
We are the inventors of gospel and jazz and the blues, bluegrass and country, hip-hop and rock and roll, our very own sounds with all the sweet sorrow and reckless joy of freedom.”

http://time.com/3736357/barack-obama-selma-speech-transcript/

Thoughts?