For the most part, so is playing African-American music on the guitar.
The focus of his writing has been African-American music and culture.
African-American music and ragtime rise to popularity in the later part of the decade.
In the process, he documented the give and take that is an essential part of African-American music.
African-American music at this time was classed as "race music".
It is also the first published collection of African-American music of any kind.
Already as a teenager he had begun what would become an extensive collection of African-American music.
All members love African-American music as it has soul.
"But we like to emphasize African-American music too," she added.
Jazz is an African-American music, but what does that mean?