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Article: Storytelling led to gospel and blues
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- The Philadelphia Tribune
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- June 3, 1994
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Alexia Hudson
Philadelphia Tribune, The
06-03-1994
Storytelling led to gospel and blues.
By Alexia Hudson
Tribune staff
The blues and gospel music developed out of a storytelling tradition of African-American primarily from the Southern region of the United States. Part of what is referred to as the "deep structure" aesthetic of the African-American, the African cultural norm of communicating through music was a tradition passed down. The tunes dealt with the (gamut) of human emotions and experiences such as marriage, love, relationship, deception, fear, and religious zeal.
Gospel was the music to praise the Lord. Blues was the "devil's music" -- music to make one dance. However, musicians and ...