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Meet the Next Generation of Black Folk Singers

Hear songs by Amythyst Kiah, Kara Jackson, Tray Wellington and more.

By Liam Woods for The New York Times

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Black Folk Musicians Are Reclaiming the Genre

In returning to a songbook that is decades — if not centuries — old, a new generation of performers is expanding the definition of what their traditional art form can be.

By Adam Bradley and Justin French