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Ali Toure’s sound combined the traditional sounds of two different continents of music: The Blues and East African tribal music.
John Lee Hooker's life closely mirrored the story of The Blues: from
acoustic country music to a hard-edged urban sound, & from the
Delta to the digital age.
John
Lee Hooker
'The Great Migration' describes the movement of African-Americans from the Southern States to the Northern cites after WW1, taking along their music & culture.
Congo Square in the vieux carré of New
Orleans pounded to the sound of African drums in the days of slavery,
but now it's a Heritage Site, Louis Armstrong Park.
Congo
Square