Summary: <p>On this episode of Jack Dappa Blues I speak with the American Songster <a href="https://jackdappabluesradio.tv/dom-flemons-black-cowboy/">Dom Flemons</a> about how Blackface, Minstrelsy and African American Traditional Music morphed into America's top entertainment industry. In our discussion the true context of what became a stain on the image of Black folk is unpacked. </p> <p><a href="https://theamericansongster.com/">Dom Flemons</a> is known as “The American Songster” since his repertoire of music covers nearly 100 years of American folklore, ballads, and tunes. Flemons is a music scholar, historian, record collector and a multi-instrumentalist. He was recently nominated for a Grammy from his current album "The Black Cowboy" with <a href="https://folkways.si.edu/">Smithsonian Folkways</a>.</p> <p>The tile for this program may be offensive, but it's from a Minstrel written and composed by Ernest Hogan, the first African-American entertainer to produce and star in a Broadway show </p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/JackPearley">@Jackpearley</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/jackdappablues/">Jack Dappa Blues FB Group</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jackdappabluesradio/">Jack Dappa Blues FB Page</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jackdappabluesheritagepreservationfoundation/">Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/306415603178631/">Black Spirituals, Field Hollers and Slave Seculars</a></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/africanamericanfolklorist/message
