CBMR Conference, Session 5: From Talking Drums and “Heebie Jeebies” to Rap and the Art Song

The Center for Black Music Research of Columbia College Chicago, CBMR.org, has announced its
National Conference on Black Music Research, February 14-17, 2008 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, Illinois. Session 5, 1:15–2:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15 will be:

From Talking Drums and “Heebie Jeebies” to Rap and the Art Song: Phonological and Poetic Aspects of Black Music

Johann S. Buis (Wheaton College, Illinois), moderator

Kenneth Bilby (Center for Black Music Research), Saying It by Playing It, Playing It by Saying It: Paralinguistic Parallels in African Diasporic Music

Salikoko S. Mufwene (University of Chicago), Emergence or Creation? Rethinking the Formation of Afro-American Vernaculars and Musics

Elaine Richardson (Ohio State University), paper to be announced

The complete Conference Program is available at: http://www.colum.edu/cbmr/conference2008/index.php