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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20260527
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URL:https://coolcleveland.com/events/roots-of-american-music-program-explo
 res-the-life-and-music-of-bluesman-mississippi-john-hurt/
SUMMARY:Roots of American Music Program Explores the Life and Music of Blue
 sman Mississippi John Hurt
DESCRIPTION:\nWed 5/27 @ 8:30-10:30PM\nRoots of American Music\, the Northe
 ast Ohio nonprofit whose mission is to use music as an educational tool\, 
 recently launched its Masters of American Music series\, which combines mu
 sical performances and storytelling to offer portraits of influential Amer
 ican music pioneers. It takes place at Visible Voice Boks on the fourth We
 dnesday of the month.\nThis month\, it’ll pay tribute to country blues s
 inger/guitarist/songwriter Mississippi John Hurt (1892-1966). As the son o
 f sharecroppers who were formerly slaves\, he was self-taught and obscure\
 , working as a sharecropper himself before being “rediscovered” during
  the folk music boom for the early 60s\, which included white musicians’
  “discovery” of Black blues. That gave him access to high profile venu
 es such as the Newport Folk Festival and The Tonight Show\, assuring that 
 his music would become better known. His songs were then performed by many
  other artists including Bob Dylan\, Jerry Garcia\, Taj Mahal\, Beck and G
 illian Welch.\nThe Roots of American Music program will be spearheaded by 
 versatile Cleveland musician/songwriter/vocalist Ray Flanagan. He’ll be 
 joined by special guest Mary Frances Hurt\, Hurt’s granddaughter and fou
 nder/president of the Mississippi John Hurt Foundation\, who’ll share st
 ories about her grandfather.\nThere’s a $15 cover at the door.\nrootsofa
 mericanmusic/mississippi-john-hurt-wsg-mary-frances-hurt\n[mappress mapid=
 "5042"]
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CATEGORIES:college,Teen,Education,History,Performance,----WRITERS----,Anas
 tasia Pantsios,Preview,RSS,Music: Jazz / Blues
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