Cultures Of Music

In my blog, I will be interviewing my dad about the music he listened to when he was younger, in his teen years, and what he listens to now. Childhood Questions: Me: How important was music to you when you were younger? Dad: It gave me an opportunity to listen to different classical songs since TV didn't give me good songs to listen to. Like when I was growing up all the songs told a story and they would spend years to make sure the song was perfect before showing it to the world. Me:  What was your favorite kind of music or artist growing up? Dad : I listened to Country, Rap, and Hip Hop. My favorite artists were Jay-Z, Michael Jackson, Tupac, Garth Brooks, Bob Dillan, and Tim McGraw. Me:  Did you or anyone close to you play or make music during your childhood? Dad:  No, no one wrote or listened to music when I was younger. Teen Year Questions: Me:  What was the most popular genre during this time? Dad:  Hip Hop and R&B Me:  Who were your favorite ar...

I have heard about Soul music and how it came from African-American artists, but I wanted to learn more about it. In this blog will be writing about soul music and its characteristics, what Ray Charles has done for soul music and all his awards over the years, and the performance style of soul music. Soul music combines rhythm and blues, urban blues, Motown, smooth jazz, and gospel music. Ray Charles was the first person to perform soul music. He was known as The Genius and contributed to the founding of soul music. It became popular because of its distinctive style in the 1960s and became even more popular in the 1970s. During the 1960s Civil Rights movement Black college students started to reject the nonviolent and integrationist approach from the civil rights leaders. Their activism started a political movement and Black people started to assign social and cultural meanings which is described as "soul". This term started to become associated with Black Cultural production...