As Shay reminds us, June is Black music month. Well, over here, every month is Black music month…and f’real-f’real, if it’s American music, then it’s all Black music in the first place. Almost all. I’m not sure C&W is a descendant of Gospel or the Blues (but if it’s not, it’s a close cousin).
Anyway, in keeping with that theme, the first playlist of the month..
Black Republican – Nas, f. Jay-Z
Young, Gifted, and Black – Aretha Franklin
Black and Blue – Louis Armstrong
Black Butterfly – Deniece Willams
On the Wall – Black Sheep
Black and Tan Fantasy – Duke Ellington
Black and Tan Fantasy – Thelonious Monk
Brown Skin Lady – Black Star
Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud), Pts. 1 & 2 – James Brown
Blessed Blackness – The JB’s
Iron Man – Black Sabbath
Ballad of a Menace – CPO, f. MC Ren
Proud to be Black – Run-DMC
Collard Greens & Black Eye Peas – Shelly Manne
Blind Man Can See It – James Brown
Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos – Public Enemy
Black Man – Stevie Wonder
Is It Because I’m Black? – Syl Johnson
Remedy – The Black Crowes
Mr. Nigga – Mos Def
Allure -Jay-Z
Rock Creek Park – The Blackbyrds
I Keep Asking You Questions – Black Ivory
Fear of a Black Planet – Public Enemy
Hand of Doom – Black Sabbath
Thieves In The Night – Black Star
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C&W definitely comes from the blues, and cowpunk has some of that gospel flavor mixed in. No question. Some of that stuff (Jason & the Scorchers, if you can find them) verges on Christian music in its religious fervor.