SONGS OF BLACK FOLK 2023: Music of Resistance and Hope, returns to Seattle for a Second Year to Take the Stage at the Paramount Theatre, Sunday June 18th, at 7:00 PM
Seattle, WA – Following a magical 2022 debut, that mesmerized a crowd of more than 1,800 attendees, SONGS OF BLACK FOLK returns to Seattle to take the stage at the Paramount Theatre on June 18th at 7:00 PM.
Renowned performers and presenters will share a music tradition that began on the African continent, was transported to the Americas via slave ships, and took root in the daily sufferings of an enslaved Black people who chose to survive and fought to be free.
The audience will be shown how Black musical culture has functioned as both a tool of resistance and as a powerful source of hope for a Black people who have endured four centuries of white supremacy and its relentless assault on Black lives. The concert features the rise of the Negro Spirituals and demonstrates how they have evolved into other Black musical genres including, blues, Gospel, jazz, R&B, Hip-Hop, and even spoken word.
