Blues music and all of the music that has derived from it is inseparable from its history. Sharecroppers and Southern laborers are the forefathers of the blues, a music with its roots trailing back to the work songs of enslaved African Americans on Southern plantations during the 1800s. Mance Lipscomb …
“Ragtime Annie” is an old-time fiddle song recorded by Eck Robertson that was released in 1923. This song contains no lyrics, making its sole focus on the fiddle. The song was recorded in Robertson’s first recording session at Victor Talking Machine Co. in 1922 in New York City. Alexander (Eck) …
The song I chose to analyze was “Back to Texas” by Kacey Musgraves. This song was written by Musgraves herself and is the first track on her self titled album, released in 2007. This song is written in a country folk style and features a variety of string instruments like …
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