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Kris Angelis Plays for 98.1 KBAC
Our very own Chris D chats with Kris Angelis and she plays a few tunes from her successful new album That Siren, Hope. Check out the video, then check out out her music at any of the following: “THAT SIREN, HOPE” available now at krisangelis.com/store Debuted at #1 on iTunes Singer-Songwriter chart & Top 100 of Billboard Top Current Albums Chart “I Hope I Never Fall In Love Again” added to SiriusXM ‘Velvet’ krisangelis.com/FYC “That Siren, Hope” Official Video www.krisangelis.com www.instagram.com/krisangelis … Read More
By: Cheryl Fallstead
A History of Blues Music
Blues is the name given to the musical form and the music genre that emerged from the African-American communities and the black cultural melting pot of the American South of the 1890’s, drawing on a fascinating mixture of African-American spirituals, traditional songs, work songs of the slaves, field hollers, shouts and chants, folk ballads, European hymns, contemporary dance music and rhymed simple narrative ballads. During their back-breaking toil in the fields of the Southern plantations, black slaves developed a “call and response” way … Read More
By: Cheryl Fallstead
The Tangled Tale of Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
On Led Zeppelin’s first album (released in early 1969), Side One, Cut Two is a song labeled “Trad. arr. Jimmy Page”—”Babe I’m Gonna Leave You.” Just where did this “traditional” song come from? Browsing the internet can lead one on numerous erroneous paths but the truth is “Babe” was written as a simple folk tune in the late 1950s. Its history is among the most labyrinthine I’ve encountered. Listen Around 1960 at UC Berkeley, there was a late-night radio show … Read More
By: Cheryl Fallstead
