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“Word Up”: Funk and R&B Bands and Cultural Politics of the “Old School”
September 16, 2021 at 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
This talk explores the 1990s renaissance of veteran Black bands, such as Lakeside, Parliament-Funkadelic and Zapp, who had been prominent in Black popular music more than a decade earlier. Specifically, we will discuss the institutions, technologies, cultural politics and entrepreneurial activities that moved Black bands into a position to re-emerge as keepers of the ‘old school.’
Speaker
Dr. Scot Brown, Associate Professor of African American Studies and History, University of California Los Angeles
Sponsors: African American Studies Program, CLAS Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, Center for Arts Migration and Entrepreneurship (CAME), Department of History, School of Music, and the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program.