Hoodoo & Blues Music Many Americans will recognize Blues music as a mother genre of most modern American music today, giving way to rock, jazz, and popular music with its unique rhythms and musical lines. The Delta Blues, as it was known, was also commonly known as Hoodoo Music, Hoodoo being the African-based folk religion in early America during the time of slavery. As Blues music developed, African American conjurers of Hoodoo in the South utilized music to help them mask their workings and to motivate their followers to keep their strength and have faith in their spiritual practices during…
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Blessing #21: I am Creative Creativity by its very nature is expressed in many different forms. Sometimes we think and say that we are not creative. But that is simply not so! Too often, people mistakenly believe that if they are not especially gifted or mastered in the traditional art forms then they are not creative. Yet Creativity by its very nature is expressed in many different forms. So what if you aren’t a professional dancer, superstar singer, musician/songwriter, couture designer, best-selling novelist, or prolific artist? This does not define or limit your ability to be creative in a thousand…
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