Sierra's World Music Playlist

  Hello everyone! Fall is finally upon us. The leaves are changing colors, the air is getting crisp and chilled. Out of curiosity, does anyone else have their taste in music change along with the season? I feel like mine does. You know what else changes? Gender roles! Gender roles in music has definitely changed over the years from jobs to clothing choices to music. Since this is for a music class, we are going to talk about how gender has changed in music and how being a biological female has affected me when it comes to music. I have never been into playing an instrument. It has never been my forte if I am being honest, but I used to be in marching band as a color guard member and one thing I remember so vividly was one of my friends was the only girl on the drumline. People always joked that she was the little sister of the group or she was just one of the guys, but she is an amazing drummer! She really enjoyed it and it made her unique. My last year of marching band, I overhear...

  Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog. Today we are going to look at music in South America, more specifically Brazil. Brazil is the largest country in South America and home of the Amazon rain forest. From Samba to soccer, Brazil is a culture rich country with a fascinating sense of music and rhythm. I hope you enjoy learning about Brazil as much as I did. With that said, vamos! Samba dance The mesmerizing samba dance is a dance that hails from Brazil during the time of the African slave trade. The slaves would hold on to their culture with fast paced music and dance despite the attempts from the Portuguese to stop them. Once slavery was abolished in Brazil in 1888, the newly freed slaves moved to the favelas. From there, they would practice their dances for the celebration of Carnival. At first, the dances were frowned upon by the upper crust. Eventually, the samba dance and music traveled through classes and boarders and is now considered one of the ballroom dances. There ar...

Blessed be everyone!  Now, this will be a blog about my particular religion/spiritual beliefs known as Wicca. Some may have never heard of it, or they think of the wicked witch of the west. While yes, Wicca can be associated with 'witch craft', please go through this blog with an open mind and an open heart. I hope you learn some interesting things about me and more importantly, you learn more about Wicca practices and it's influence on music.    So you might be asking yourself, what is Wicca and what does it have to do with music? Wicca is a form of modern Paganism. Some call it Pagan witchcraft but with that said, Wicca music takes a lot of influence in pagan folklore and beliefs. Many of the topics include Mother Nature (most commonly referred to as The Goddess), The Circle (which represents the circle of life), the Elements (fire, earth, water, air). If you listen to it, it does take on elements of music that can be found in traditional northern Europe such as Ireland...

  Hello everyone! Thank you for checking out my blog and I hope you enjoy learning more about the Native American culture as much as I have. As I’ve been learning Native American culture and music, I instantly became fascinated with the jingle dress. I thought they were beautiful and the dancing looked so fun. The story of the jingle dress varies from tribe to tribe but the story always includes a man having a dream of four women adorned in green, blue, red, and yellow dresses with metal pieces. They dance forward, they do not dance backwards or spin around and the metal on the dress would make sound. During a powwow, a very young sick girl listened to the jingle dresses and began getting stronger.Native Americans believe that the sound made from the jingle dress asks the spirits for healing.  That is why the dress is considered a healing dress. Originally, the metal pieces are made by tobacco lids curled into a cone shape. Now, you can have jingle dresses that are multiple co...