This included early American music forms, marches, spirituals, field hollers, work songs and African rhythms, as well as their musical descendants, like jazz, blues, gospel, country and rock ‘n’ roll.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
Lots of noise, big splashes, a few congratulatory whoops and hollers.
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