📚💙 #Graphic #MusicSky #AmericanMusicHistory #Books 💡📚💙 The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song by
Frank M. Young with David Lasky

192 pages • first pub 2012

An older Moondog with long, wiry silver hair and beard. He wears black clothing. His left eye is missing, and his right eye is rolled back showing only the white portion.

Today on the #Disability Daily #Podcast we celebrate #blind #composer & #musician, Moondog!

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#accessibility #music #NYC #poet #TheVikingOf6thAvenue #ClassicalMusic #MinimalMusic #MusicSky #EduSky #ExperimentalMusic #NativeAmericanMusic #AmericanMusicHistory #jazz #poetry

#OTD #TDIH #May24, 1974 #DOTD: #RIP #DukeEllington.
#Composers #Pianists #Bandleaders #DukeEllingtonOrchestra #OrchestralJazz #Jazz #GreatComposers #Music #AmericanMusic #AmericanMusicHistory #PulitzerPrizeForMusic #JazzSky #MusicSky
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The Blues: The Backbone of Modern Music

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#SinnersMovie #BluesHistory #RockAndRollRoots #JazzLegacy #HipHopCulture #FindingDeepRoots #AmericanMusicHistory #KnowYourRoots #FamilyAndMusic

Questlove’s excellent documentary on Sly and the Family Stone pinpointed how groundbreaking the band was and how influential they were to black artists. I personally think that Stand was their best album. #BlackHistoryMonth #Americanmusichistory

50 years ago, 'Come and Get Your Love' put Native culture on the bandstand Redbone's hit cracked the Billboard Top 5 this month in 1974. It was a first for a band with all Native and Mexican American members — but the song itself had a quietly political message, too.

Remember Redbone? Good article about them, including videos of 3 of their songs, from the days of the pompadours and suits to "we were all wounded at wounded knee."

#NativeAmericanMusic #AmericanMusicHistory #ComeAndGetYourLove

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B&W photo of four young indigenous men.

December 10th 1973, The CBGB Club (Country, Bluegrass, and Blues), opened in the lower east side of New York City. Founded by Hilly Kristal, became a forum for American punk, New Wave bands such as Blondie, Television, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, The Ramones. #OTD #AmericanMusicHistory 🎹🎸🎤🎶🎷