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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 mode... 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. I... more »
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