BAC presents a special online music performance

Early Blues in the American Midwest and South

A Collection of Songs, Historic Events, and Folklore

Performed by Jonathan Hawkins

Join us for a small snapshot of the seemingly endless landscape of early blues and jazz pioneers from our Midwestern and Southern regions. Jonathan Hawkins, touring singer-songwriter/instrumentalist, international Broadway touring guitarist/banjo player, and featured cruise line soloist, will be performing repertoire, history, and stories from fingerstyle guitar and blues greats such as: Mance Lipscomb, Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, Skip James, Furry Lewis, Scrapper Blackwell, and more!

BAC will send you the private link the to performance the week of the performance. The link will be available for 24 hours.

Background information and histories of these fundamental artists will be featured, including their artistic development and influences, cultural landscapes, and the true stories behind famous folk legends that have haunted so many blues and jazz lyrics.

Jonathan Hawkins is a professional guitarist/multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and composer. Hawkins’ other music research include collaborations on the following publications:

Greco-Roman Music in Context; Bringing Sound and Music to Virtual Pompeii, World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education (E-Learn), Honolulu, Hawaii, October, 2011

Spatialized Audio for Mixed Reality Theater: The Egyptian Oracle, International Conference of Auditory Display, Atlanta, GA, USA, June, 2012.