Published by The African American Folklorist, Produced by Lamont Jack Pearley Episode one begins the conversation of Lovecraft Country’s inception, who is H.P. Lovecraft, and initial responses audience members have to the show. The purpose of this series is to document the program’s folklore, how convergence culture and mass media transmission play a part in...
Published By The African American Folklorist – Produced and Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley In this episode of The African American Folklorist, I speak with Freeman Vines, a North Carolina guitar maker and bluesman. Vines shares with us the context of his latest project Hanging Tree Guitars, which has a spiritual connection, supernatural elements, as...
Published by The African American Folklorist (Producer Lamont Jack Pearley) In this episode of The African American Folklorist, I speak with Dr. Tyler Parry, author of the book “Jumping The Broom – The Surprising Multicultural Origins of a Black Wedding Ritual” In this definitive history of a unique tradition, Tyler D. Parry untangles the convoluted...
On this episode of The African American Folklorist, I share the story of the born free, African American Traditional Music Practitioner Elijah Cox, who was a fiddler, Buffalo soldier, and recorded in 1935 at the age of 93 for the Library of Congress Elijah Cox was also interviewed and recorded for the Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from...