Music
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The Return of the Soul Train Awards Matters Because Black Music Still Needs Its Own Room
Source context The Soul Train Awards are returning after a three-year hiatus. Awards shows are easy to dismiss until a Black institution disappears and the cultural gap becomes obvious. The Soul Train Awards has never simply duplicated the Grammys. It emerged from a Black media tradition that treated R&B, soul and Black performance as central…
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The Return of the Soul Train Awards Matters Because Black Music Still Needs Its Own Room
Source context The Soul Train Awards are returning after a three-year hiatus. Awards shows are easy to dismiss until a Black institution disappears and the cultural gap becomes obvious. The Soul Train Awards has never simply duplicated the Grammys. It emerged from a Black media tradition that treated R&B, soul and Black performance as central…
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Americana Music Has Black Roots Whether the Genre Branding Says So or Not
Source context NMAAM is using AmericanaFest programming to center Black music’s roots in the genre. Genre labels can make history look cleaner than it was. Americana is often marketed through acoustic guitars, rural imagery and a largely white public face, even though the music draws from blues, gospel, banjo traditions and Black musicians whose influence…
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Americana Music Has Black Roots Whether the Genre Branding Says So or Not
Source context NMAAM is using AmericanaFest programming to center Black music’s roots in the genre. Genre labels can make history look cleaner than it was. Americana is often marketed through acoustic guitars, rural imagery and a largely white public face, even though the music draws from blues, gospel, banjo traditions and Black musicians whose influence…