The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music ...

“Baby of Bethlehem” (also known as “Singing in the Land”) is an African-American spiritual that was also included in the same 1953 volume of Ruth Crawford Seeger’s American Folk Songs ...

How have folk and country been positioned as white ... Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens explores the history of African American roots music through the stories of forgotten black pioneers.