Comments on: What Does Black Sound Like?

By: rich b

rich b — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:50:58 +0000

Go back about forty years. There was a left-handed dude named Jimi that rocked as hard as anyone I’ve ever seen or heard. Listen to the studio version of “Red House” if you ever want to hear the ultimate marriage of blues and rock. Awesome!

By: ak

ak — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:14:38 +0000

I always thought Corey Glover was adorable, too.

There are a lot of musicians/singers who have been part of genres not limited to black performers–the Mills Brothers, the Ink Spots, Nat King Cole, the Platters, Chuck Berry. They definitely fit into the idea that the “sound of black” is diverse. But I’d also say that these artists brought their own traditions and training with them (e.g., singing in gospel choirs or playing in blues clubs). So in that sense, they expanded the sound of the genres they were part of.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:08:03 +0000

You can’t leave out the Bus Boys. I saw them twice with my girlfriend (now my wife) – once in Columbus (they opened for the Stray Cats) and once in Cleveland (they opened for Eddie Murphy). I think we were the only ones in Cleveland that wanted to hear less from Eddie and more Minimum Wage Rock n Roll.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:51:22 +0000

There was a metal band in the 80’s call “Sound Barrier”. I only heard a couple songs, but what I heard was awesome.

Gregg, “Baby Love” by Mother’s Finest is a great song.

By: Sydney Carton

Sydney Carton — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:31:00 +0000

Does anyone, beside me, remember Kitty White? She was an island singer from the fities and,may be, very early sixties.Had a brief stint in Hollywood singing for the Mike Hammer movie, “Kiss Me Deadly” and that was her fifteen minutes of international fame.

In truth, she was one of the greater exponents of classical English balladry whom I have ever heard (and I hold a large collection of both folk and folk rock).
Her rendition of “The Three Ravens”, for example, is of the most chilliing and,simultaneously, renditions of the number that anyone of us will ever be fortunate enough to hear.

Miss White definitely deserves a first class revival. Meanwhile her old disks shouldn’t be at all expensive, if the reader is able to find them in some vintage collectables store.

By: JL

JL — Mon, 19 May 2008 03:11:31 +0000

Check out The Carolina Chocolate Drops, an exciting young string band – part of the growing number of black musicians determined to reclaim the black heritage in American/Appalachian music, and its influence on modern bluegrass, folk and old time string band music.

Also investigate the Black Banjo Gathering and Otis Taylor’s new CD, Recapturing The Banjo.

By: barking spider

barking spider — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:27:36 +0000

Darius Rucker of Hootie & the Blowfish just released a single on country radio.

I love his voice – it’s great for country music.

By: Gregg

Gregg — Sun, 18 May 2008 04:09:46 +0000

Mother’s Finest – Pioneers of Funk/Metal in the early ’70’s and still active. Have maintained solid fan base despite never getting radio airplay.

King’s X – Fronted by Doug Pinnick – early albums infused C.S. Lewis in lyrics. Have since veered away from this, but still active and creative.

Gregg Wright – Great black rock guitarist who was lead guitarist on the Jackson’s Victory tour but couldn’t get a record deal because his music is more rock oriented. Much like Hendrix. Still active in blues/rock today.

To name but a few…

By: joel

joel — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:18:52 +0000

kudos for Nina Simone and Tracey Chapman posts!

Of course Jimi Hendrix, Miles, Louie, etc… shouldn’t be skipped. .. .

By: msamu

msamu — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:01:07 +0000

Jude encourages the believers of his time to “defend” God’s unchanging truth, we’re also encouraged to
“Prove all things” “rightly dividing the word of truth”. The debate between Mr. Don Preston and Mr. Melvin Jones(Pulpit-Pimps) is as biblical as it gets, when there’re disagreements between believes. Every believer should be thrilled
that Godly men have chosen not act as the world, but as men of God trying man’s eschatology views by the Word of God.

Don K. Preston in an Up Coming Radio Debate

You can listen to the debate live, on http://www.Covenantradio.com on May the 22, at 7 Eastern time, 6 Central time.
Depending on the time available, there may be two propositions.

Don K. Preston will affirm the following.
Resolved: The Bible teaches that the Second (i.e. final) coming of Christ occurred at the time of the fall of Jerusalem in A. D. 70.

Don K. Preston: affirm

Melvin Jones: Deny.

If time permits, Mr. Jones will also have an affirmative, which will be:

Resolved: The Bible teaches that due to Jewish unbelief and rejection of Jesus in the first century, the Davidic Kingdom was postponed until the Second Coming of Christ which will occur at the end of the current Christian age.

Melvin Jones: Affirm

Challenge your eschatology, because it’s not what we believe, it’s what The bible affirms is Truth……..

By: Vindy

Vindy — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:36:01 +0000

Tracy Chapman – a folk singer.

By: SolShine7

SolShine7 — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:02:00 +0000

Thanks for the tip La Shawn. That cover story sounds really interesting and I hope it’s done right.

I’m biracial and I like all kinds of music. My favorites are the bands that mix genres (go figure). I mostly listen to a lot of indie rock, post-rock, emo, punk, experimental and world music.

Here are my band suggestions:

1. NoonDaySun (but I already told you about them)
2. Superchic[k] – they have a black drummer and he has a side project called Starlit Platoon.
3. Flobots – they’re rap with a folkish viola. I just found them. “Stand Up” is a great song.

There are some more but I can’t think of them now. I recommend you check out http://www.AfroPunk.com because that site is devoted to blacks in rock music. They even have a couple films on the subject. I found the band Suffrajett from there. They’re nice.

Great post!

By: Shannon McCoy

Shannon McCoy — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:27:48 +0000

I havent heard much about black artists in “non-black” music genres except for folks like Charlie Pride. That’s why I read Your blog, to find these things out!!!

By: Mark La Roi

Mark La Roi — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:44:46 +0000

Nicole C. Mullen.

By: Dan Collins

Dan Collins — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:41:06 +0000

I hear AWB’s pretty good ;-P