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Black Owned Record Labels
Prologue: Black Swan Records was founded by Harry Pace in 1921 in Harlem, New York City and was the first black owned record label whose target market were black Americans. The label released recordings of blues and jazz music. Blues …
Cultural Appropriation in Music. Is it problematic?
In this blog post, I analyse the issue of "cultural appropriation" in music and talk about how music can't really be appropriated because it's art and for all to enjoy.
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