Blanchard’s concert will cover the iconic music that was an essential component of the movement, capturing the vitality and idealism necessary to fuel marches, sit-ins, picket lines, and free rides.
Some influences include Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Sly Stone, Gill Scott-Heron, and Marvin Gaye. Blanchard will include a question and answer session as well.
Soul singer, songwriter, actor, and performer rooted since childhood in the Memphis music scene, Blanchard is heavily influenced by artists who preceded him, such as EWF, The Bar-Kays, Isaac Hayes, and W.C. Handy. Blanchard, in the tradition of great soul singers, creates music that allows his deep, soulfully rich voice to blend naturally with the times.
His stage credits include Your Arms Are Too Short to Box with God, A Westside Story, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Scipio, Do Lord Remember Me, and The Wiz. Also, he’s done voice-over work for local and national shows, appeared on Memphis’ WREG – Live at 9 program, and was the featured singing artist on the PBS film Underground Railroad – Quilt Code for Georgia Public Broadcasting.
Blanchard holds a bachelor of science in Commercial Music and a master of science in Music Education from Tennessee State University.
As part of Northeast State’s Black History Month events, vocalist Jonathan Blanchard will present a Zoom concert on Music that Fueled the Civil Rights Movement on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m.
Blanchard’s concert will cover the iconic music that was an essential component of the movement, capturing the vitality and idealism necessary to fuel marches, sit-ins, picket lines, and free rides.
Some influences include Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, Sly Stone, Gill Scott-Heron, and Marvin Gaye. Blanchard will include a question and answer session as well.
Soul singer, songwriter, actor, and performer rooted since childhood in the Memphis music scene, Blanchard is heavily influenced by artists who preceded him, such as EWF, The Bar-Kays, Isaac Hayes, and W.C. Handy. Blanchard, in the tradition of great soul singers, creates music that allows his deep, soulfully rich voice to blend naturally with the times.
His stage credits include Your Arms Are Too Short to Box with God, A Westside Story, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Scipio, Do Lord Remember Me, and The Wiz. Also, he’s done voice-over work for local and national shows, appeared on Memphis’ WREG – Live at 9 program, and was the featured singing artist on the PBS film Underground Railroad – Quilt Code for Georgia Public Broadcasting.
Blanchard holds a bachelor of science in Commercial Music and a master of science in Music Education from Tennessee State University.
For more information, visit http://jonathanblanchard.com/home/.
Zoom Link: https://northeaststate.zoom.us/s/92202997506
Meeting ID: 922 0299 7506
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