Edited by Azizi PowellThis post presents three examples of and lyrics to the African American Spiritual "He 'Rose" (also known as "He Arose"). The content of this post is presented for religious and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.Editor's note: The African American Spiritual "He 'Rose" is a standard Easter church song that is sung by many young African American children because of its simple, repeating lyrics. This is the first song that I remember singing as part of a young children's "choir" when I was about five...
Sunday, March 31, 2013
A Hymn Rendition & A Black Gospel Rendition of "Revive Us Again"
Posted on 12:17 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases one hymn rendition & one Gospel rendition of the song "Revive Us Again". The standard lyrics and the lyrics to a Gospel arrangement of this hymn are also included in this post.The content of this post is presented for religious and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.STANDARD LYRICS TO "REVIVE US AGAIN"composer - William Paton Mackay (1839-1885)We praise Thee, O God!For the Son of Thy love,For Jesus Who died,And is now gone above.Refrain:Hallelujah! Thine the glory.Hallelujah!...
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Betty & Dupree (Examples & Lyrics)
Posted on 9:38 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post presents information about and five examples of the Blues and Rhythm & Blues song "Betty And Dupree".The content of this post is presented for historical, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.****INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG BETTY & DUPREEThe Blues song "Betty & Dupree" was first documented in the 1930s.Click http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=27925#344464 for lyrics to "Dupree Blues" as recorded by Willie Walker and Sam Brooks, Atlanta, Georgia, 6 December 1930....
Friday, March 29, 2013
Lil Mama - G-Slide (Tour Bus) (Video & Lyrics)
Posted on 11:19 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases a video of and lyrics to the 2007 hip hop song "G-Slide (Tour Bus)" by Lil Mama.This isn't the same record as the 2006 Gospel line song "Gospel Slide" which is also sometimes called "g slide". Click http://zumalala.blogspot.com/2013/03/dana-divine-gospel-slide-video-lyrics.html for a post on that song.The content of this post is presented for entertainment and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.INFORMATION ABOUT LIL MAMA From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Mama"Niatia Jessica Kirkland...
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Five Examples Of "Sing To The Power Of The Lord Comes Down"
Posted on 3:26 PM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post presents five examples of the Gospel song "Sing To The Power Of The Lord Comes Down" (also known as "Oh Let Us Sing"). The content of this post is presented for historical, religious, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.**** FEATURED EXAMPLES(These examples are presented in chronological order based on the date of their YouTube posting, with the oldest dated videos posted first.)Example #1: *Audio* Now Let Us Sing Til' The Power: First Church of Deliverance damonemontez, Uploaded on Jan...
Wura Samba's Nigeria Music Is Spiritual AND It Rocks!
Posted on 7:13 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellWhile surfing YouTube the other day for videos of Samba music, I happened upon a video by Wura Samba and I LOVED it. Of course, that meant that I had to watch all of Wura Samba's YouTube videos -there are about five of them online, not counting replications. And of course, I knew that I had to showcase at least some of those videos on this blog. So Wura Samba, this post is for you.Unfortunately, I can find nothing online about Wura Samba and his group. Most of his videos were posted between August 2012 and December 2012. To...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Zoom On This - How I Came To Name My New Blog "Zumalala"
Posted on 6:59 PM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellUPDATE: I changed my new blog's name to zumalayah http://zumalayah.blogspot.com for a couple of reasons (mostly because there was a wordpress blog with that other name. But zumalayah rhymes with the "jambalayah", the name of one of my cultural blogs. So it's all good. I've updated the blog link given in this post to reflect that new name.****Around about 10:00 last night [March 25, 2013] I got this great idea to start a new blog. Yes, I'm still going to publish posts on Pancocojams. But it occurred to me that what the world...
Monday, March 25, 2013
The Bottle Dance & Four Other Songs By John Minang (Cameroon)
Posted on 9:53 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases five videos of Cameroonian vocalist John Minang. In the video that is given as Example #2 in this post, John Minang describes that music as "mbaghalum" and indicates that "mbaghalum is traditional folkloric music ofo the northwest province of Cameroons". I'm not sure if the other featured songs are also a part of that music category. However, John Minang's name is listed in a Wikipedia article about the Cameroonian music genre called "Makossa". For that reason, information about Makossa music is included...
Spraying Money On Asamba Dancers In The Cameroons
Posted on 1:27 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis is part of a continuing series on this blog about the custom of spraying money. This post showcases a video of an Asamba dance group in the Cameroons, West Africa and a video of an Asamba dance group from the Cameroons but in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA). While there are other interesting aspects of these performance, the focus of this post is on the custom of persons attending the event spraying money on the dancers.The content of this post is presented for cultural, folkloric, entertainment, and aesthetic reasons.All...
Sunday, March 24, 2013
"That's The Way Un Hun Un Hun I Like It " In Children's Rhymes
Posted on 9:44 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases examples of playground rhymes that include the lines "That's the way, un hun un hun/I like it, un hun, un hun". The content of this post is presented for folkloric, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.****INFORMATION OF PLAYGROUND RHYMES THAT INCLUDE THE LINES THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE IT""That's the way I like it/un hun un hun" are the beginning lines of K.C. & The Sunshine Band's hit 1975 Disco record of that title and the lyrics's second line. The "un hun un...
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Andrae Crouch - Jesus Is The Answer (Videos & Lyrics)
Posted on 6:43 PM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis post showcases two examples of and lyrics for Andrae Croach's Gospel song "Jesus Is The Answer". In portions of both of those renditions of "Jesus Is The Answer, Andrae Croach utilizes a form of the musical technique called "lining out". For that reason, I've included some information about lining out in this post.The content of this post is presented for religious and aesthetic purposes.All copyrights remain with their owners.****INFORMATION ABOUT LINING OUT According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lining_out "Lining...
Spraying Money At An Eritrean Wedding Reception In Sweden
Posted on 9:50 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellThis is part of a continuing series on this blog about the custom of spraying money. This post showcases a video of an Eritrean wedding reception that was held in Sweden. Selected comments from that video's viewer comment thread are also included in this post. While there are other interesting aspects of this wedding reception, the focus of this post is on the custom of wedding guests spraying money on the bride & groom. The content of this post is presented for cultural, folkloric, entertainment, and aesthetic reasons.All...
The African Custom Of Spraying Money
Posted on 6:04 AM by Unknown
Edited by Azizi PowellNigerian's Spraying Money Chima0bi, Uploaded on Aug 29, 2006 Watch how these people shower my mom with Dollars****This post is part of a continuing series on this blog about the custom of spraying money. DISCLAIMER: I am an African American who has no direct experience with the custom of spraying money. The information contained in this post is gleamed from online articles. Additions & corrections are welcome. ****GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT SPRAYING MONEYDefinition of "spraying money""Spraying money" is the act of placing...
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