Two musicians who contributed to the Academy Award winning score for Sinners will be in North Texas this Saturday. Justin Robinson and Jake Blount are among...
Justin Robinson performs at the 2023 Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival. He will return to the stage on March 21, 2026.several times and it’s layers and layers of history lessons down from geographic stuff to clothing, to religion, to music, and it’s so meticulously done,” said Brandi Waller-Pace, the festival’s founder.
It makes me feel so joyful to see something that is a ‘by us, for us’ creation. And ‘for us’ doesn’t mean that no one else can consume it, but someone from our culture speaking about and to our culture is just a whole new thing and to see it on such a wide scale.”“I remember finding a video and listening to it, and I didn’t know what it was but something resonated. I personally think it was like a cultural memory for me, so I started playing that and finding out more about the history. … It really felt like a form of coming home.”“Everything kind of converged: The need to educate more people about the history of the banjo, about Black culture and traditions deeply at the heart of the music,” she said. “And also to find more joyful space for gathering among the music community I had built and space that really focuses on Blackness where we didn’t feel like tokens invited to a space that wasn’t really made for us.”This year, the festival’s offerings have expanded. It will still include jam sessions for attendees and a slew ofand a talkback session. The film follows Robinson, a Grammy-winning musician and ethnobotanist, as he travels to understand the food history behind his family recipes.Performances for the Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival start at noon on Saturday, March 21 at the Southside Preservation Hall, 1519 Lipscomb St., Fort Worth. Tickets range from $20-$50. Kids under 12 are free.In Dallas show, Robert Plant leans into the obscure Former Led Zeppelin frontman may not perform “Stairway to Heaven” anymore, but he still knows how to get the crowd singing.Marcheta Fornoff reports on arts, music and culture for KERA News. For just over seven years Marcheta Fornoff produced a live morning news program on Minnesota Public Radio. She covered everything from politics to pop culture and breaking news.Dallas County wants to borrow $350M for slew of projects, including land for new jail
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