The February issue of Black Grooves has now been posted at http://blackgrooves.org/.
There is a lot to celebrate this month. First, we've provided a brief list of Black History Month events that focus on music, including conferences, exhibitions, television specials, and a new film about Mardi Gras Indians. Next, in honor of National Quartet Month, we're featuring the new Paschall Brothers album from Smithsonian Folkways. Since the Jamaican government has also declared February as Reggae Month, we've included a new collection issued by Rounder of quintessential cuts from the vaults of Studio One, Jamaica's first black-owned recording studio. For Valentine's Day, we've summarized three new titles issued by Columbia/Legacy as part of their Beautiful Ballads series. Also featured in this issue are new CD releases by jazz artists Billy Taylor and Gerry Mulligan, funk master Maceo Parker, Afro-pop acoustic guitarist Daby Touré, and The City of Refuge Choir; as well as DVDs featuring live performances of southern soul singer Solomon Burke and Chicago blues artists Junior Wells and Buddy Guy. Concluding this issue is a review of Ramblin' on My Mind: New Perspectives on the Blues, the second installment in the University of Illinois Press' new African American Music in Global Perspective series.
Brenda Nelson-Strauss
Head of Collections
Archives of African American Music and Culture
Indiana University
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