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The Same Old Blues Crap: Selling The Blues At Fat Possum Records, Jacqueline Sahagian
The Same Old Blues Crap: Selling The Blues At Fat Possum Records, Jacqueline Sahagian
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This thesis interrogates the marketing strategies of the Oxford, Mississippi-based record label Fat Possum, which was founded in the early 1990s by Matthew Johnson with the goal of recording obscure hill country blues artists. Fat Possum gained recognition for its raw-sounding recordings of bluesmen, including R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Cedell Davis, and T-Model Ford, as well as its irreverent marketing techniques. Adopting the tagline “not the same old blues crap,” Fat Possum asserted that its blues were both different from and superior to all other blues music. This thesis argues that while Fat Possum claimed to be a disruptive force …
Um Professor Lectures On African Music At University Of Georgia, Anna Herd
Um Professor Lectures On African Music At University Of Georgia, Anna Herd
University of Mississippi News
George Dor invited as fall speaker for the Institute for African Studies
Spring 2017 Brown Bags Announced!, Admin
Spring 2017 Brown Bags Announced!, Admin
Blog Posts
The Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series takes place on select days at noon in the Barnard Observatory lecture hall during the regular academic year. Please join us!
Thrill Of A Billion Eyes: The Prancing J-Settes, Mary Paige Blessey
Thrill Of A Billion Eyes: The Prancing J-Settes, Mary Paige Blessey
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The “Prancing J-Settes” is the official name of the dance line for the Sonic Boom of the South marching band at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. The popular form of dance termed “J-Setting” sources its name from the Prancing J-Settes. The Sonic Boom of the South and the Prancing J-Settes have a loyal fan following and have had a lasting and widespread influence on popular culture. This is an oral history interview project focusing on the current Prancing J-Settes themselves to hear their thoughts and definitions of the form of dance they perform and its significance. The primary interviews …
Bluesman, Guitar, And Migration, Yaeko Takada
Bluesman, Guitar, And Migration, Yaeko Takada
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This project examines how the bluesman, guitar, and migration have interacted with each other and brought about transformations to American popular music, based upon scholarly works, magazine articles, and the sound recordings of the prewar blues performers. In popular theory, the blues sprang out of the cotton fields and articulated the life experiences of the oppressed people in isolated areas, particularly the Jim Crow south. These are certainly truths of the blues. Also true is that the blues was a product of modernization in every way and a representation of the African American bluesman's aspiring life. The bluesman's mobile lifestyle …
The Radical South: Grassroots Activism, Ethnicity, And Literary Form, 1960-1980, Elizabeth Fielder
The Radical South: Grassroots Activism, Ethnicity, And Literary Form, 1960-1980, Elizabeth Fielder
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
“The Radical South” examines the art and writings of Civil-Rights-era social movements and locates U.S. based political structures in a hemispheric and global network. I reveal that the Civil Rights Movement, ethnic nationalism, and second-wave feminism were not separate entities; rather, the cultural work of activists was an intersectional effort that defied national strategies, such as non-violent protest and race-based separatism, that were often determined by their urban counterparts. Thus, I argue that new political aesthetics emerged from grassroots activism and set in motion ethnic and racial cultural expressions that embraced multiple, even conflicting, identities. As much as this art …
Hill Country Music Focus Of Blues Symposium, Rebecca Lauck Cleary
Hill Country Music Focus Of Blues Symposium, Rebecca Lauck Cleary
University of Mississippi News
April 9 event at UM library features lectures and film
Blues Symposium To Focus On Hill Country Music, Rebecca Lauck Cleary
Blues Symposium To Focus On Hill Country Music, Rebecca Lauck Cleary
Blog Posts
April 9 event free, open to the public. Click Here for a Full Schedule. North Mississippi's distinctive hill country music is the subject of this year's Blues Today Symposium at the University of Mississippi.
Southern Register. 2015.1 (Winter 2015), University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture
Southern Register. 2015.1 (Winter 2015), University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture
Southern Register
No abstract provided.
Save The Date For The 2015 Blues Today Symposium, Admin
Save The Date For The 2015 Blues Today Symposium, Admin
Blog Posts
Mark Camarigg of Living Blues magazine with news of the 2015 Blues Today Symposium, this year focused on North Mississippi Hill Country Blues. Since 2003, Living Blues magazine has sponsored the Blues Today Symposium each spring on the University of Mississippi campus. The Symposium has featured such keynote speakers as Paul Oliver, Samuel Charters, and Bill Ferris
Southern Register. 2014.4 (Fall 2014), University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture
Southern Register. 2014.4 (Fall 2014), University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture
Southern Register
No abstract provided.
September 18, 2014, The Daily Mississippian
September 18, 2014, The Daily Mississippian
Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)
No abstract provided.
Um Professor Publishes Book On African Drum And Dance Ensembles, Misty Cowherd
Um Professor Publishes Book On African Drum And Dance Ensembles, Misty Cowherd
University of Mississippi News
George Dor hopes to educate western audiences about West African music and dance traditions
The Life And Songwriting Of Vic Chesnutt, John Hermann
The Life And Songwriting Of Vic Chesnutt, John Hermann
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This thesis is an exploration of the life and music of Vic Chesnutt, and it accompanies a documentary film. Both components feature interview excerpts from over 30 hours of film footage with Chesnutt, as interspersed with archival documents of his life, along with dozens of interviews with his family, friends, peers, music writers, and bandmates. Chesnutt's story can only be properly told through the lens of southern culture. He was not just a charter member of an international group, but a southern songwriter whose rural Georgia upbringing was paramount to his work. He has often been compared in music journals …
Academic Hazing In Music Education, Cameron Whitworth Jenkins
Academic Hazing In Music Education, Cameron Whitworth Jenkins
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Abstract: academic hazing in this context is defined as the academic misuse of new or prospective graduate students in music education. Academic hazing can also refer to senior faculty who haze junior faculty during the years prior to tenure. This study was designed in two parts to examine academic hazing in graduate music education programs. First, twelve (n=12) faculty academic advisors, each serving as director of music education at their respective four-year comprehensive universities, were intervievia electronic mail. Then, fourteen (n=14) current graduate students in music education were intervieto gain the perspectives of their graduate experience. Each student was intervieby …
A Comparison Of Bluegrass Bands: 2013 Bands Versus The 1940s-1960s Bands, Elizabeth Rosanne Butler
A Comparison Of Bluegrass Bands: 2013 Bands Versus The 1940s-1960s Bands, Elizabeth Rosanne Butler
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The present study investigated the bluegrass music genre of 2013 and compared it with bluegrass found in the 1940s and 1960s. To date, only one similar study has been identified. In 1963, L.M. Smith completed a study entitled, Bluegrass Music and Musicians: An Introductory Study of a Musical Style in Its Cultural Context. In the conclusion to his study, Smith listed five major characteristics found in the bluegrass genre: 1. "Bluegrass is hillbilly music, played by white Southern musicians for a Southern audience." 2. "Bluegrass is not dance music and is seldom used for this purpose." 3. "Bands are made …
Mississippi Breakdown: A New Look At The Mississippi Old Time Fiddle Music Traditions, Joseph Jamison Hollister
Mississippi Breakdown: A New Look At The Mississippi Old Time Fiddle Music Traditions, Joseph Jamison Hollister
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This is a cultural study that focuses on the fiddle music of Mississippi. It includes both Anglo and African American roots. Also, the white blues fiddle traditions of Mississippi are examined and analyzed.
Vehicles Of Tibetan Buddhism: Sound Energy As A Sacred Force, Thomas Earl Chandler Jr
Vehicles Of Tibetan Buddhism: Sound Energy As A Sacred Force, Thomas Earl Chandler Jr
Honors Theses
This paper focuses on a discussion of sound energy in Tibetan Buddhism emd how practitioners have transformed sound into a sacred part of their religious tradition. Two specific areas have been investigated: chordal chanting practices of certain Tibetan Buddhist lamas and death rituals and how the Tibetan Book of the Dead is used to influence a consciousness. For the section dealing with chordal chanting, most information was gained from studying secondary sources as a result of there being very little primary source material available. For the section dealing with the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the text itself was investigated …
The View From Ventress - 2008, University Of Mississippi. College Of Liberal Arts
The View From Ventress - 2008, University Of Mississippi. College Of Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts Newsletters
Training tomorrow's leaders. New public policy leadership department is 18th in College; Special Section: Then and Now. The English and Music departments 50 years ago and today.
Public Lecture 'Ghana And Pan-Africanism' By African Historian Scheduled March 20, Deborah Purnell
Public Lecture 'Ghana And Pan-Africanism' By African Historian Scheduled March 20, Deborah Purnell
University of Mississippi News
OXFORD, Miss. - An authority on African history visits the University of Mississippi Tuesday (March 20) to deliver the address "Ghana and Pan-Africanism."
Ole Miss African Drum-Dance Ensemble Presents 'Rhythms Of Liberation' March 6, Deborah Purnell
Ole Miss African Drum-Dance Ensemble Presents 'Rhythms Of Liberation' March 6, Deborah Purnell
University of Mississippi News
OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi joins the world in commemorating Ghana's 50th anniversary of independence Tuesday (March 6) with a spring concert featuring the Ole Miss African Drum-Dance Ensemble.
Ole Miss African Drum And Dance Ensemble To Present Fall Concert Nov. 14, Deborah Purnell
Ole Miss African Drum And Dance Ensemble To Present Fall Concert Nov. 14, Deborah Purnell
University of Mississippi News
The Ole Miss African Drum and Dance Ensemble celebrates three years of cultural diversity Tuesday (Nov. 14) with its fall concert at the University of Mississippi.
Study In Ghana Yields Dialogue On Musical, Religious Roots Of African-Americans, Deborah Purnell
Study In Ghana Yields Dialogue On Musical, Religious Roots Of African-Americans, Deborah Purnell
University of Mississippi News
Reflecting on their unique two-week study in Ghana last summer, three University of Mississippi students and their professor share a deeper appreciation of the historic and cultural linkages in African Diaspora.
African Dance-Drum Ensemble In Concert At Ford Center April 18, Deborah Purnell
African Dance-Drum Ensemble In Concert At Ford Center April 18, Deborah Purnell
University of Mississippi News
OXFORD, Miss. - Tokoe, gahu, borborbor and other Ghanaian dances highlight the Ole Miss African Drum-Dance Ensemble's spring concert April 18.
Music Department, Honors College Present African Drum And Dance Ensemble Nov. 15, Deborah Purnell
Music Department, Honors College Present African Drum And Dance Ensemble Nov. 15, Deborah Purnell
University of Mississippi News
OXFORD, Miss. - High-energy dance and electrifying drumming take the stage Tuesday (Nov. 15) at the University of Mississippi in a performance by the Ole Miss African Drum and Dance Ensemble.
African Dance And Drum Ensemble To Perform March 28 Concert, Deborah Purnell
African Dance And Drum Ensemble To Perform March 28 Concert, Deborah Purnell
University of Mississippi News
OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss African Drum and Dance Ensemble plans to show off its newly acquired Ghanaian dance costumes, as well as say thank you to supporters, during a March 28 concert.
Renowned Ghanaian-American Pianist To Be Featured In Concert Feb. 20, Deborah Purnell
Renowned Ghanaian-American Pianist To Be Featured In Concert Feb. 20, Deborah Purnell
University of Mississippi News
OXFORD, Miss. - Ghanaian-American concert pianist William Chapman Nyaho performs a free, public concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, at the University of Mississippi.
Multicultural Music Perspectives Of Faculty Members At The University Of Mississippi / By Jill A. Ward, Jill A. Ward
Multicultural Music Perspectives Of Faculty Members At The University Of Mississippi / By Jill A. Ward, Jill A. Ward
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
No abstract provided.
The Monacan Nation Pow Wow: Symbol Of Indigenous Survival And Resistance In The Tobacco Row Mountains, Samuel R. Cook, John L. Johns, Karenne Wood
The Monacan Nation Pow Wow: Symbol Of Indigenous Survival And Resistance In The Tobacco Row Mountains, Samuel R. Cook, John L. Johns, Karenne Wood
Southern Anthropologist
This article explores the meaning of the Monacan pow wow to those who live in the host community. We contend that this pow wow constitutes a political expression for the Monacan people, a celebration of survival as indigenous people not only in a state where Indian policy took the form of "documentary genocide" (Smith, 1992), but in a county where local power brokers managed to configure a local political economy in which Indians were integrated at the bottom of a virtual caste system. Considered in a community context, this gathering also constitutes a space where the Monacan people can articulate, …
Ghana Virtuoso Of Music, Dance To Visit Campus, Present Workshops, Deborah Purnell
Ghana Virtuoso Of Music, Dance To Visit Campus, Present Workshops, Deborah Purnell
University of Mississippi News
OXFORD, Miss. - Students, faculty and community members can learn about traditional African drum music and dance Oct. 19-25, when one of Ghana's foremost virtuosos visits the University of Mississippi.