Well this is bullshit. It's hilarious how many people (this author included) place so much emphasis on "african-american music" as if the blue note and scales didn't exist in Europe hundreds of years before dem poor folk sang in dem fields.
Bluegrass owes nothing to african-american traditions. Bluegrass musicians have no more reason to apologize than Tesla has to apologize to the Romans or proto-Indo-Europeans for ripping off the chariot.
Music evolves, bluegrass is much more a product of European traditions, and the constant false victimization of african Americans is aggravating.
Well this is bullshit. It's hilarious how many people (this author included) place so much emphasis on "african-american music" as if the blue note and scales didn't exist in Europe hundreds of years before dem poor folk sang in dem fields.
Bluegrass owes nothing to african-american traditions. Bluegrass musicians have no more reason to apologize than Tesla has to apologize to the Romans or proto-Indo-Europeans for ripping off the chariot.
Music evolves, bluegrass is much more a product of European traditions, and the constant false victimization of african Americans is aggravating.