Upcoming events.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Submissions Deadline for upcoming African American Folklorist Issue
The African American Folklorist invites scholars, artists, musicians, and cultural practitioners to submit work for our upcoming Black Ethnomusicology issue. This special edition will explore the rich, complex, and evolving traditions of Black music across the African diaspora, with a focus on ethnographic research, oral histories, performance studies, and community narratives.
We are accepting a wide range of submissions, including:
🎶 Academic papers
🎶 Multimedia presentations
🎶 Essays and personal reflections
🎶 Interviews and field notes
🎶 Audio or video recordings with contextual commentary
This issue aims to center and highlight the deep cultural knowledge embedded in musical expression of The Blues People. Final submissions must be received by 17th.
To submit your work, visit this link.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Submissions Deadline for upcoming African American Folklorist Issue
The African American Folklorist invites scholars, artists, musicians, and cultural practitioners to submit work for our upcoming Black Ethnomusicology issue. This special edition will explore the rich, complex, and evolving traditions of Black music across the African diaspora, with a focus on ethnographic research, oral histories, performance studies, and community narratives.
We are accepting a wide range of submissions, including:
🎶 Academic papers
🎶 Multimedia presentations
🎶 Essays and personal reflections
🎶 Interviews and field notes
🎶 Audio or video recordings with contextual commentary
This issue aims to center and highlight the deep cultural knowledge embedded in musical expression of The Blues People. Final submissions must be received by 17th.
To submit your work, visit this link.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Submissions Deadline for upcoming African American Folklorist Issue
The African American Folklorist invites scholars, artists, musicians, and cultural practitioners to submit work for our upcoming Black Ethnomusicology issue. This special edition will explore the rich, complex, and evolving traditions of Black music across the African diaspora, with a focus on ethnographic research, oral histories, performance studies, and community narratives.
We are accepting a wide range of submissions, including:
🎶 Academic papers
🎶 Multimedia presentations
🎶 Essays and personal reflections
🎶 Interviews and field notes
🎶 Audio or video recordings with contextual commentary
This issue aims to center and highlight the deep cultural knowledge embedded in musical expression of The Blues People. Final submissions must be received by 17th.
To submit your work, visit this link.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Submissions Deadline for upcoming African American Folklorist Issue
The African American Folklorist invites scholars, artists, musicians, and cultural practitioners to submit work for our upcoming Black Ethnomusicology issue. This special edition will explore the rich, complex, and evolving traditions of Black music across the African diaspora, with a focus on ethnographic research, oral histories, performance studies, and community narratives.
We are accepting a wide range of submissions, including:
🎶 Academic papers
🎶 Multimedia presentations
🎶 Essays and personal reflections
🎶 Interviews and field notes
🎶 Audio or video recordings with contextual commentary
This issue aims to center and highlight the deep cultural knowledge embedded in musical expression of The Blues People. Final submissions must be received by 17th.
To submit your work, visit this link.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Submissions Deadline for upcoming African American Folklorist Issue
The African American Folklorist invites scholars, artists, musicians, and cultural practitioners to submit work for our upcoming Black Ethnomusicology issue. This special edition will explore the rich, complex, and evolving traditions of Black music across the African diaspora, with a focus on ethnographic research, oral histories, performance studies, and community narratives.
We are accepting a wide range of submissions, including:
🎶 Academic papers
🎶 Multimedia presentations
🎶 Essays and personal reflections
🎶 Interviews and field notes
🎶 Audio or video recordings with contextual commentary
This issue aims to center and highlight the deep cultural knowledge embedded in musical expression of The Blues People. Final submissions must be received by 17th.
To submit your work, visit this link.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Submissions Deadline for upcoming African American Folklorist Issue
The African American Folklorist invites scholars, artists, musicians, and cultural practitioners to submit work for our upcoming Black Ethnomusicology issue. This special edition will explore the rich, complex, and evolving traditions of Black music across the African diaspora, with a focus on ethnographic research, oral histories, performance studies, and community narratives.
We are accepting a wide range of submissions, including:
🎶 Academic papers
🎶 Multimedia presentations
🎶 Essays and personal reflections
🎶 Interviews and field notes
🎶 Audio or video recordings with contextual commentary
This issue aims to center and highlight the deep cultural knowledge embedded in musical expression of The Blues People. Final submissions must be received by 17th.
To submit your work, visit this link.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
Submissions Deadline for African American Folklorist Black Ethnomusicology Issue
The African American Folklorist invites scholars, artists, musicians, and cultural practitioners to submit work for our upcoming Black Ethnomusicology issue. This special edition will explore the rich, complex, and evolving traditions of Black music across the African diaspora, with a focus on ethnographic research, oral histories, performance studies, and community narratives.
We are accepting a wide range of submissions, including:
🎶 Academic papers
🎶 Multimedia presentations
🎶 Essays and personal reflections
🎶 Interviews and field notes
🎶 Audio or video recordings with contextual commentary
This issue aims to center Black voices and highlight the deep cultural knowledge embedded in Black musical expression—from spirituals to hip hop, jazz to jùjú, and everything in between.
Final submissions must be received by June 14th.
For guidelines and to submit your work, visit this link.
Don't miss the opportunity to contribute to this vital documentation and celebration of Black ethnomusicology.
Jack Dappa Blues Radio Live Recordings
Join us every Sunday at 9 PM CST for the live recording of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, where history, culture, and music come alive!
Hosted by Lamont Jack Pearley, this weekly broadcast dives deep into African American folklore, roots music, and the Black experience in America—past and present. Each episode features powerful conversations with scholars, artists, tradition bearers, and community voices, along with soulful sounds that tell the untold stories of our heritage.
Be part of preserving and amplifying Black cultural traditions through music and storytelling.
The Black Bottom Acoustic Blues and Field Holler Festival honoring Sylvester Weaver - Part 2
On Saturday, August 5th, there will be an introduction to blues workshop, community leaders' presentations, and music performances.
The Black Bottom Acoustic Blues and Field Holler Festival honoring Sylvester Weaver
This year marks the 100th Anniversary of the first blues song to solidify Country Blues, recorded by Louisville native Sylvester Weaver. Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation will partner with the SEEK Museum and local residences to launch the annual Black Bottom Acoustic Blues and Field Holler Festival honoring Sylvester Weaver.
The festival’s mission is to raise Cultural & Ethnic awareness of Black Traditional Music, Traditional Art, Folklore, Oral Histories, and the Black Experience in America. Specifically, re-introducing and encouraging residents of a historically black community that began before the Civil War when some formerly enslaved people whom Richard Bibb had freed, surrounding areas, and university students to learn, engage, and participate in Blues music and field hollers.
The festival and artist’s performance occurs in the SEEK (Struggle for Emancipation and Equality in Kentucky) Museum Row Black Bottom section of Russellville, KY, where acoustic blues and field hollers solidify the stories archived in the structures hosting the performance. The SEEK Museum is a conglomeration of four historic buildings in two of Russellville’s National Register Districts.
Friday, August 4th, there will be Narrative stages that raise awareness of the Jonesville Project conducted by Jonesville Community Scholars, A Sylvester Weaver Panel, and a Black Music Panel, culminating with a performance and house band.
On Saturday, August 5th, there will be an introduction to blues workshop, community leaders' presentations, and music performances.
The festival is part of the August 8th committee’s festivities, honoring August 8th.
August 8. August 8, 1863, Andrew Johnson, Tennessee Military Governor, who would later become the 17th president of the United States, freed enslaved people, some of which were his illegitimate children. This date became known as Emancipation Day.
https://www.wkyufm.org/arts-culture/2021-08-11/the-african-american-folklorist-august-8th-emancipation-day
https://www.blackinappalachia.org/8th-of-august
Jonesville Narrative Stage number 1 - 2 PM
Wathetta Buford
Alice Waddell
Maxine Ray
Demonstration and narrative stage number 2- 3:30 PM
Dean Terrance Brown - Black opera and Pcal
Brent Bjorkman - Music Legacy Project
Erika Brady - John Edmonds
Possible Black Spirituals
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Sylvester Weaver Narrative Stage 5- PM
Michael Jones
Keith Clements
Margie Marshall
Mark "Big Poppa" Stampley
Sylvester Weaver Performance Number 3 - 6:30 - PM
Mark "Big Poppa" Stampley & Margie Marshall
Last performance of the night - - 8:pm
A Different Sound