A heated discussion on 'Race, Gender & the Blues'

[Ton Wanten]

IMHO Harri is right.
As a radio "producer", I receive lot's and lot's of music every week.
Intro's often impress me a lot, great guitar playing or harp playing,
after the vocals kick inŠ. Well, I miss something..

Ton
Triple R Blues Radio
The Netherlands

On dinsdag22-05-12 01:48, "Harri Haka" <harri.haka@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>As a small time European promoter I must say it goes the other way over
>here. Venues would prefer black musicians but not that many are
>available. Seems that a lot of gifted young black musicians shy away
>from the blues and go for hip-hop or rap. On the other hand, many white
>musicians are obsessed with the blues and practice it day in day out.
>Luckily, however, we still have rising stars like Omar Coleman and
>Marquise Knox (to mention a few) who have huge talent. A white musician
>can learn to play technically flawless blues. But when it comes to
>vocals, hardly any of them can capture the feeling, guts and credibility
>of their black colleagues. And in the end, singing is the essence of the
>blues.
>Harri from Finland
>
>  22.5.2012 0:50, mannish kirjoitti:
>> a lot of people shay away from the discussion but I like it as long it
>> does NOT get heated - passionate but no heat
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>> On 5/21/2012 12:06 PM, Jimmy Jacobs wrote:
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