Sweeet Fancy Moses
The Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University, in partnership with Linebaugh Public Library and the City of Murfreesboro, presents a six-week “Celebration of America’s Music” program.
The series features documentary film screenings, scholar-led discussions and concerts by local musicians of 20th-century American popular music.
Upcoming films include:
Thursday, April 4 — Linebaugh Public Library, 4-6 p.m.
Ken Burns’ Jazz, “Episode 6: The Velocity of Celebration”; and The International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Thursday, April 11 — Linebaugh Public Library, 4-6 p.m.
High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music
April 18 — Linebaugh Public Library, 4-6 p.m.
The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Episode 6: “Plugging In”
April 25 — Linebaugh Public Library, 4-6 p.m.
Latin Music USA, “Episode 1: Bridges”; and From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale
With their corresponding concerts including:
Friday, April 5 — Murfreesboro City Hall Rotunda, 5-6 p.m.
MTSU Jazz Combo, Don Aliquo, Director
Don Aliquo
Friday, April 12 — Murfreesboro City Hall Rotunda, 5-6 p.m.
Sweet Fancy Moses and Bradford Lee Folk and the Bluegrass Playboys
April 19 — Murfreesboro City Hall Plaza, 5-6 p.m.
2nd and Vine
April 26 — Murfreesboro City Hall Plaza, 5-6 p.m.
Amerigo Gazaway (and B-boys)
“America’s Music” seeks to enlighten and entertain audiences with images, thoughts and sounds on America’s great music. Musical genres covered include blues and gospel, Broadway and Tin Pan Alley, swing jazz, bluegrass, rock ‘n’ roll and rock, mambo and hip hop.
Murfreesboro’s celebration is one of 50 sites nationwide selected to host this program series. “America’s Music” is a project by the Tribeca Film Institute in collaboration with the American Library Association, Tribeca Flashpoint and the Society for American Music. It has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
“America’s Music,” designed for a general audience, will introduce genres of 20th-century American popular music that are deeply connected to the history, culture and geography of the United States. Older and younger Americans alike will have the chance to recognize how the cultural landscape that they take for granted today has been influenced by the development of the popular musical forms discussed in this series.
For more information, visit popmusic.mtsu.edu, call (615) 898-2449 or e-mail ctrpopmu@mtsu.edu.
