Join Duo Pizzicato and guests for a short set of Italian roots music played on mandolin, guitar, tamburello, and castanets. Mid-set, please plan to join in on a participatory singalong of Bella Ciao in English, Italian, and Spanish (with the lyrics, translations, and song info provided so everyone can join).
Rickey Vincent and T. Watts
Discussion along with clips of music that inspired the Black Power/Black Arts movement with members of The Scribes of Heru, music journalists Rickey Vincent, author of Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers’ Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music, and T. Watts, author of Time Has Come: Revelations of a Mississippi Hippie (w/Lester Chambers).
