Dorothy Ashby – “Afro-Harping”
Dorothy Ashby spent most of the 1960s as a session harpist. It wasn’t until her collaboration with Richard Evans (Cadet Records) and her 1968 cross-genre release Afro-Harping that her solo career really kicked…
Sampling, clearance and the evolution of hip hop
If you don’t own a drum kit, but have access to a recording device, a turntable and your parent’s record collection, then you possess the basic toolkit required to become a hip hop…
Voguing and The House Ballroom Scene of New York 1976-96 (Soul Jazz Records)
A highly stylized dance initially developed in New York’s ballrooms during the 1960s, Voguing enjoyed a renaissance with the city’s gay black and Hispanic crowd at the beginning of the 1990s. Until now,…
