Music matters: 2 Black-owned record labels changed history
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Just because we can’t attend physical events doesn’t mean there’s not a lot of cool stuff happening around the Capital Region. Last week, I had the good fortune to be part of one.
On Feb. 13, the Albany Institute of History & Art held a virtual presentation entitled Black Swan Records and Motown Records – African-American Independent Music Companies. The class, conducted through Zoom by local music historian Donald Hyman, took the few dozen participants on a journey through two of the most important labels in American music and cultural history.
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Re-enactor Donald Hyman portrays Adam Blake Jr. Blake is one of the most extraordinary entrepreneurial success stories of 19th-Century Albany a man whose rags-to-riches rise is often likened to a Horatio Alger tale. Show MoreShow Less
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Donald Hyman s one-man show portrays Adam Blake Jr. Blake built the landmark Kenmore Hotel on North Pearl Street, owned a string of restaurants and hotels and hobnobbed with governors. Show MoreShow Less
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Historical re-enactor Donald Hyman portrays Adam Blake Jr. Blake was a Black man whose father was enslaved, which makes his ascent in a white-dominated economy even more remarkable. Show MoreShow Less