Lamont Jack Pearley
Biographic Data
| ID | 707959 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lamont Jack Pearley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lamont Jack |
| FAMILY NAME | Pearley |
| SIGNATURE | PEARLEY L J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Jerrilyn McGregory (1949–2025)
Things Done Changed
As someone who lives, performs, conserves, and preserves the traditions of Black American folk music, I recognize Things Done Changed as more than an album—it's a living archive, an aural ethnography of Black traditional expression. Jerron Paxton isn't just playing old songs or mimicking styles; he's embodying, breathing, and disseminating a deep cultural inheritance. With this Smithsonian Folkways release, Paxton situates himself among a long li…
Ritual
Ritual: Survival, Resistance, Joy is an eight-part, monthly PBS docuseries, which premiered during Black History Month in 2023. All eight episodes are now available on PBS.org and on the station's YouTube channel, PBS Voices. The episodes delve into rituals of the Black diaspora, depicting folk beliefs, foodways, and intangible and tangible cultural practices passed and shared between multiple generations of Blacks and Indigenous communities. Hos…
A Sound History
Book Review| October 01 2021 A Sound History: Lawrence Gellert, Black Musical Protest, and White Denial A Sound History: Lawrence Gellert, Black Musical Protest, and White Denial. By Steven P. Garabedian. (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. Pp. xii + 220, preface, notes, index.). Lamont Jack Pearley Lamont Jack Pearley Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation Lamont Jack Pearley is an applied folklorist, ethnographer, and …
Blues Narrative
The "Blues Narrative: Blues People, COVID-19, and Civil Unrest" focuses on African Americans born between 1945 and 2004. The article delves into the establishment of homes, lifestyles, and traditions on a concrete terrain with Southern and country values, and shares how those values not only weathered the storm of many generations but how they armed interviewees to defend what some call an all-out attack on the Blues People in the present day. Th…
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A Sound History
Book Review| October 01 2021 A Sound History: Lawrence Gellert, Black Musical Protest, and White Denial A Sound History: Lawrence Gellert, Black Musical Protest, and White Denial. By Steven P. Garabedian. (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2020. Pp. xii + 220, preface, notes, index.). Lamont Jack Pearley Lamont Jack Pearley Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation Lamont Jack Pearley is an applied folklorist, ethnographer, and …
Blues Narrative
The "Blues Narrative: Blues People, COVID-19, and Civil Unrest" focuses on African Americans born between 1945 and 2004. The article delves into the establishment of homes, lifestyles, and traditions on a concrete terrain with Southern and country values, and shares how those values not only weathered the storm of many generations but how they armed interviewees to defend what some call an all-out attack on the Blues People in the present day. Th…
Ritual
Ritual: Survival, Resistance, Joy is an eight-part, monthly PBS docuseries, which premiered during Black History Month in 2023. All eight episodes are now available on PBS.org and on the station's YouTube channel, PBS Voices. The episodes delve into rituals of the Black diaspora, depicting folk beliefs, foodways, and intangible and tangible cultural practices passed and shared between multiple generations of Blacks and Indigenous communities. Hos…
Jerrilyn McGregory (1949–2025)
Things Done Changed
As someone who lives, performs, conserves, and preserves the traditions of Black American folk music, I recognize Things Done Changed as more than an album—it's a living archive, an aural ethnography of Black traditional expression. Jerron Paxton isn't just playing old songs or mimicking styles; he's embodying, breathing, and disseminating a deep cultural inheritance. With this Smithsonian Folkways release, Paxton situates himself among a long li…
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