From folk-blues singers like Huddie Ledbetter (a.k.a. Leadbelly) to modern day hip hop artists like Common, Talib Kweli and the Roots, the folk music of the African-American communities has embodied the struggle of the marginalized worker in America.
Probably the most influential figure from this time was folk-blues musician Huddie Ledbetter (a.k.a. Leadbelly). Leadbelly (1888-1949) integrated old gospel tunes, blues, folk, and country music into a sound that was entirely his own. Born onto a Louisiana plantation, Leadbelly moved with his family to Texas when he was just five years old. There, he learned how to play the guitar, which he would use as his tool for telling the hard truth and, twice, save himself from a long prison sentence.
The first time, he wrote a song for the Governor of Texas, which won his pardon. The second time, he was discovered by producer Alan Lomax, who was touring the southern prisons looking for blues songs, spirituals, and work songs to record.......

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Title: Future Of Music
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