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Appalachian Music and the Phonograph

By Tom Daniel

In the late 19th century, Romantic composers were driven by nationalism as a means to advance their art.  For example, Russian composers like Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov made their composed music sound Russian, and the… »

  • Bluegrass
  • Carter Family
  • Fiddlin John Carson
  • Southern History
  • Southern Music
  • Southern Tradition
  • Tom Daniel

How to Listen to Jazz

By Tom Daniel

When you hear the word “jazz,” what type of music pops into your head?  What do you hear?  You probably hear piano, brass, saxophone, or all of the above.  But do you hear it melodious… »

  • Jazz
  • Southern Music
  • Tom Daniel

The Colored Sacred Harp

By Tom Daniel

I have written here before about the history and mechanics of Sacred Harp singing, shape-notes, and Singing Schools.  James Kibler has delivered some truly excellent talks about Singing Billy Walker and the origins of Amazing… »

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Southern Rock for the Apocalypse, Part VI

By Tom Daniel

Hot ‘Lanta – Allman Brothers Band The typical standard jazz composition that would be played by Miles Davis or John Coltrane is exactly the same type of composition as “Hot ‘Lanta.”  It begins with the… »

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  • Black Crowes
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  • Dickey Betts
  • Duane Allman
  • Jerry Reed
  • Little Feat
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Marhsall Tucker Band
  • Molly Hatchet
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  • Toy Caldwell

Bluegrass and Jazz: What Do They Have in Common?

By Tom Daniel

If you’ve come across some of the other things I’ve written for Abbeville, you might have been exposed to my assertion that almost all of American music is Southern music.  Therefore, an obvious answer to… »

  • Bluegrass
  • Country Music
  • Jazz
  • Southern Music
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Scotch Snaps and Southern Music

By Tom Daniel

I need to tell you one story in order to tell you another. The Czechoslovakian composer Antonin Dvorak moved to the United States in 1892, and immersed himself in American music while composing his New… »

  • Southern Music
  • Tom Daniel

Southern Music is American Music

By Tom Daniel

Why do Southerners continue to fall into that trap where we only talk about the years1861-1865?  There are almost 400 years of Southern culture to talk about, yet we keep limiting ourselves to just four… »

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Muscle Shoals Has Got The Swampers

By Tom Daniel
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  • 2018 Summer School: Southern Identity Through Southern Music
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American Music is Southern Music

By Tom Daniel
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  • 2018 Summer School: Southern Identity Through Southern Music
  • Tom Daniel

Sacred Harp Singing

By Tom Daniel

If I was forced to give an example of at least one good thing we got out of the Puritans, I would quickly point to Sacred Harp singing.  Sacred Harp is a traditional, primitive method… »

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