The Weekly GB

 Hello there besties, we are back this week with something different... I will be teaching you about my favorite genre of music, folk rock! Some of my favorite artists are included in this genre, such as, the Lumineers, Simon and Garfunkel (familiar? lol), Carole King, Mumford and Sons, and the one and only Gordon Lightfoot! Here is some Lumineers content because I can:  Awesome, so good. Anyways, where did this all start?  So this is where we get down to the nitty-gritty, the true origin of folk rock. The folk music we know today can be traced back to around the 1920s and fell into the genre of country when Jimmie Rogers released "T for Texas" (then known as "Blue Yodel") and became the Father of Country Music. When up-and-coming folk singers, like Woodie Guthrie, began using similar melodies, ideas, and music styles, a new era of country music was born. Artists during this time were affected by the Great Depression, just like everyone else, and therefore wrote mus

 Hey y'all! I am back with some new content for you, Indigenous American and African music traditions! I found a few things that really interested me, did some research, and now I am bringing it to you. So take a seat, grab a snack, and put in your headphones, because we've got some good stuff this week! 1. My first fascination was how Native Americans use animals as symbols in almost all of their rituals, especially their music and dances. As we saw in class, some of the fancy dances resemble movements of animals and regalia having similar qualities to said animals. The most popular dances involving animal symbolism are the Buffalo Dance, Turkey Dance, and the Eagle Dance. Now if I remember correctly, we saw an example of the Eagle Dance in class, but I am most intrigued by the Buffalo Dance. Commonly used for manifesting a good hunt, Native Americans on the Great Plains performed the Buffalo Dance as a way to show their appreciation to the spirit of the buffalo and bring the