Introduce your students to the rich history of African-American music with "A Celebration of Black History through Music"from spirituals to hip-hop. Featuring s
Introduce your students to the rich history of African-American music. Trace the roots of African-American music back to the slave songs of the 1700s through hi
African American women have played a pivotal part in rock and roll—from laying its foundations and singing chart-topping hits to influencing some of the genre
Covering the vast and various terrain of African American music, this text begins with an account of the author's own musical experiences with family and friend
In clear and elegant prose, Music of the Common Tongue, first published in 1987, argues that by any reasonable reckoning of the function of music in human life