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Episode 8

Country music as we know it today grew out of blues and folk music. In country music’s earliest form, southern musicians both white and black, created music for the working class that told stories...

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Jazz | Gullah Music
- Episode 7 Reggae | Gullah Music

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Reggae | Gullah Music

Episode 11

Reggae music is a Jamaican style of music that has roots in African music and rhythm and blues, or early rock and roll. Reggae songs are usually about social issues, politics and the Rastafarian...

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Reggae | Gullah Music
- Episode 11 Work Song | Gullah Music

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Work Song | Gullah Music

Episode 3

Enslaved Africans sang songs as they worked to help keep the pace of the task they were doing. A leader called out a verse or yell and others responded. This is the call-and-response singing tradition...

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Rock and Roll | Gullah Music

Episode 9

Blues and country music contributed to a style called rhythm and blues. This was an early form of what we now call rock and roll. It appealed to a younger audience that liked to dance to the sounds of...