Actually I was relieved to get to more of this music, some of the earlier periods of music, well I am glad it is a thing of the past. For starters, with “Rocket 88” which was released in April of 1951 by Jackie Brenston and Delta Cats, to me it is a more hopeful song, […]
Month: February 2017
Honoring Bessie Smith
I loved learning more about Bessie Smith and the person she was, referred to by many as the best artist in classic blues. She honored her talent, her God given gifts and abilities and her authenticity. She was “present” when she sang, and some; well many, described her presence, meaning when she began singing many […]
Learning how Irving Berlin Persevered to Work in Music, Lead Me to this Post Encouraging all to do work they love!
Hi everyone! Always having a love for music in discussing this first part of this blog post, one of the chapter’s read in Music History class pertaining to Irving Berlin, I found it interesting how the one chapter described his song writing and song creation process (and his love for doing this). It had mentioned […]
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