Many Musics of America

Event Category: Performance

HipHop Literacies Conference

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Hip-hop artists
HipHop Literacies Conference   Register Now The 2023 HipHop Literacies Conference is co-sponsored by the American Musicological Society's Many Musics of America project. Held at The Ohio State University, the HipHop Literacies Conference is an academic-community event designed to explore issues relevant to the lives [...]
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The Evolution of Fife and Drum Music

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Sharde Thomas
      The Evolution of Fife and Drum Music   The Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band, led by Sharde Thomas of Cold Water, Mississippi, presents a mixture folk, blues, and pop in the traditional style of fife and drum music that has been [...]
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Kennedy Creek Old Time Music Concert

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Hog-Eyed Man band

Kennedy Creek Old Time Music Concert: Hog-Eyed Man & The Griddle Lickers Close out a day of Old Time Music at the Kennedy Creek Old Time Music Festival by joining us for a concert with Hog-Eyed Man and friends. Fiddler Jason Cade and multi-instrumentalist Rob […]

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Gospel Music in Pittsburgh

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Hands of gospel choir
Gospel Music in Pittsburgh In a tribute to Pittsburgh’s rich gospel-music history, the Alton Merrell Trio and the Heritage Gospel Chorale, under the direction of Herbert VRP Jones, will present the music of composer, arranger, and publisher Charles Henry Pace. With his wife Frankie, Charles [...]
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Rhiannon Giddens: A Special Concert and Q&A

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Rhiannon Giddens with banjo

Rhiannon Giddens A Special Concert and Q&A   Rhiannon Giddens–North Carolinian folk musician, MacArthur “Genius” Award Recipient, former member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, and Grammy-award winner–comes to Davidson College for a special concert and Q&A. This event is sponsored in part by the “Many […]

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Kennedy Creek Old Time Music Workshops

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Kennedy Creek Old Time Music Workshops Georgia Tunes Mick Kinney and Evan Kinney feature their collected tunes from field recordings, manuscripts, and primary source musicians, demonstrating regional melody and accompaniment styles. Detailed bowing rhythms, variations, improvisation and their origins will be discussed in a group [...]
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