Re: [ARSCLIST] June Issue of Black Grooves

[Brandon Burke <burke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Three cheers for Deep Roots Music! One of my favorite television  
documentary series
on music culture, along with Derek Bailey's On the Edge:  
Improvisation in Music.

Brandon


On Jun 10, 2008, at 12:57 PM, Nelson-Strauss, Brenda wrote:

> A little late due to distractions involving tornados, power outages  
> and floods, but  . . .
>
> The June "Black Music Month" issue of Black Grooves<http:// 
> blackgrooves.org/> has now been posted at www.blackgrooves.org.  
> This month we're featuring several new books to add to your summer  
> reading list, including the autobiography of Chicago house music  
> pioneer Jesse Saunders, the story of Bob Marley's Wailers, the 2nd  
> revised and expanded edition of the ARSC award winning Rap Records  
> discography by Freddy Fresh, and Marcus Reeves' examination of "Rap  
> Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power."  Two  
> fascinating documentaries are included: Stepping, which presents  
> the history of Black Greek stepping culture; and Deep Roots Music,  
> a six part program produced by the BBC in the 1980s that has been  
> called "The Best Reggae Series Ever."  Wrapping up this issue is a  
> review of the new Roots CD, as well as several historical  
> compilations: Stax Does the Beatles (with some great soulful  
> covers); Soulsville Sings Hitsville (i.e., Stax artists singing  
> Motown hits); Warner Bros. Years: Hits, Remixes and Rarities (a  
> tribute to the famous singer-songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson);  
> and theCD series Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy 'Lost &  
> Found.'
>
>
>
> Brenda Nelson-Strauss
>
> Head of Collections
>
> Archives of African American Music and Culture
>
> Indiana University
>
> 2805 E. 10th, Suite 180
>
> Bloomington, IN 47408
>
> 812-855-7530
>
> bnelsons@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bnelsons@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> www.indiana.edu/~aaamc<http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc>
>
> www.blackgrooves.org<http://www.blackgrooves.org/>

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Brandon Burke
Archivist for Audio Collections
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6010
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