might be too dusty for some but 40s-50s rhythm & blues is fire:

wow real s***.

another post for Ray Charles because he deserves it. One of the most important figures in the creation of soul music (maybe even the most important?). He made soul, rhythm & blues, blues, jazz, country, gospel, and pop; I feel like he was one of the first artists to go in so many different directions. Masterful and influential as both a singer and piano player. He also contributed to the civil rights movement and was groundbreaking as a black person in the mainstream music industry (had artistic control of his music, was the first black artist to own his own masters, etc.). one of the most significant artists of his era but I don't think younger people these days really know much about him

Black Music Summer?

heat

That s*** everyday beloved

This is an important thread. Shoutout to OP, I will go through and check out these docs on my next day off.

I'm posting in here because I'm looking for the name of a band I was interested in and I forgot what it was... I think it was a duo, they did post punk stuff before anyone else but they were black so they mostly got forgotten by music history until recently the music sounded crazy too

celebrating with drake all month

Need to have a Motown documentary itt. This doc covers the rise of Motown and how it was able to crossover into the UK, as this is a BBC documentary of course.

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another absolute classic

i cant think of anything like that for post punk, but are you maybe thinking of the dream pop pioneers AR Kane? kinda post-punk adjacent i guess. but wouldn't say they did it before literally anyone else and were forgotten, I think they were just among the earliest acts and were underground but still very influential (coined the actual genre name)

i should probably get around to listening to them

OH YEAH this is it!!!! Yeah I got my genres confused don't know why I said post punk but thanks a lot!!!!

Best thread I seen in forever.

Got some of that NOLA bounce music for ya. Here's some documentaries on its history and evolution

Also a documentary/podcast on Big Freedia, The Queen of Bounce

these kids don’t know what it’s like to find catch Ray on HBO late night and fall asleep halfway thru.

One of the best no doubt