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March 15, 2008AAAMC Traveling Exhibit Series
AAAMC Traveling Exhibits on African American MusicThe Archives of African American Music and Cultures is developing exhibits on various genres and themes in African American music. The series will comprise:- Modular traveling exhibits available fr... more »
February 22, 2008
Exhibit & Opening Reception: "A Change is Gonna Come"
"A CHANGE IS GONNA COME": BLACK MUSIC AND POLITICAL ACTIVISMSponsored and curated by the Archives of African American Music & CultureHosted by the Mathers Museum of World Cultures601 East Eighth Street, Bloomington, IN 47408Telephone: 812-855-6873Please j... more »
December 30, 2007
Ramblin' on My Mind: New Perspectives on the Blues
The AAAMC is pleased to announce the release of a new book in the series African American Music in Global Perspective. The series, edited by Portia K. Maultsby and Mellonee V. Burnim, is published by University of Illinois Press.Ramblin' on My Mind: New ... more »
November 5, 2007
Music is My Life, Politics My Mistress -- Film screening & lecture
Filmmaker donnie l. betts will be on the IU-Bloomington campus November 5, 2007 to screen and talk about MUSIC IS MY LIFE, POLITICS MY MISTRESS, his documentary on Oscar Brown, Jr. This event is hosted by the IU Black Film Center/Archive. Details are ava... more »
April 1, 2007
Black Women and Music: More than the Blues
The AAAMC is pleased to announce the release of a new book in the series African American Music in Global Perspective. The series, edited by Portia K. Maultsby and Mellonee V. Burnim, is published by University of Illinois Press.Black Women and Music: Mo... more »
January 1, 2007
"Roots of Techno" Conference a Success!
The conference “Roots of Techno: Black DJs and the Detroit Scene” occurred on October 21, 2006 in Willkie Auditorium, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Sponsored by the Archives of African Amercan Music and Culture (AAAMC) and conceived and moder... more »
August 10, 2006
AAAMC Launches BLACK GROOVES Music Site
Indiana University's Archives of African American Music and Culture launched a new online music initiative on June 1 to kick off Black Music Month 2006, furthering its mission of black arts education and promotion. Black Grooves (www.blackgrooves.org) is ... more »
October 31, 2005
IU professors' new book charts African American music's many rhythms
African American Music: An Introduction, edited by Mellonee V. Burnim and Portia K. Maultsby, is a collection of thirty essays by leading scholars which survey major African American musical genres, both sacred and secular, from slavery to the present. It... more »
