@jessstringss

Multi-instrumentalist 🎸 Music Educator 👩🏽‍🏫 💫501c3 non-profit Founding Director 🦢 #dontlettheharpfoolyou 💪🏾

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Joined June 2013
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Country music legend Dolly Parton died today. Here's a look back at her visits to Dallas, both major and minor. dmagazine.com/micropost/good…
Goodbye, Dolly

ALT Goodbye, Dolly

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today is dj screw day, honoring a hip-hop legend 30 years ago today, dj screw recorded the iconic 35-minute “june 27 freestyle” that helped define houston’s chopped and screwed sound 🕊️ rip to a true innovator
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Long before it was called rock and roll, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
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The energy now, and always, is love me well or leave me alone.
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The late, then 18 y/o Lisa “left eye” Lopes in a home video in Philly of 1989, recorded by her friend, Todd Jones. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania & raised primarily in the Logan neighborhood of Philadelphia, before relocating to the ATL in 1990. xitter.cf/filmsbratz/status/1938…
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Multi-hyphenate Dallas artist Jess Garland is devoted to making more space for Black musicians and listeners through her nonprofit, Swan Strings. 🔗 dallasobserver.com/music/dal…
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The nonprofit founder, musician, and educator says Saturday’s symposium will cover old and new ground, including an appreciative look at guitar legend Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Dallas blues legend Cookie McGee. dmagazine.com/arts-entertain…

Jess Garland Shines a Spotlight on Music's Overlooked Black Women—Starting in Dallas

The nonprofit founder, musician, and educator says Saturday’s symposium will cover old and new ground, including an appreciative look at guitar legend Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Dallas blues legend...

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A voice full of feeling, and a guitar to match, that’s Barbara Lynn.
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Isaiah@IJ_RogersMar 20
Patrice Rushen delivering one of the greatest gifts that the people can ever receive with Snarky Puppy! 🎥: Isaiah J. Rogers
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'The radical work of the musician and composer was dismissed by sexist critics and overshadowed by the legacy of her late husband John. But today, musical stars from Doja Cat to David Byrne all champion her experimental sound.' theguardian.com/music/2026/m…

‘She sounded like the cosmos breathing’: David Byrne, Flying Lotus and more on the greatness of...

The radical work of the musician and composer was dismissed by sexist critics and overshadowed by the legacy of her late husband John. But today, musical stars from Doja Cat to David Byrne all...

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— Jimi Hendrix
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How Miles Davis’ playing taught Herbie Hancock a life lesson
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Sinners on stage 🙂‍↕️
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Ryan Coogler accepting his Oscar with a blues guitar braided into his hair
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A “genre” created originally for the monopolization of black suffering. The monopolization of a tool we used to heal ourselves.
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Rhythm and Blues .
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Yesterday was inspiring and motivating ! Congrats to all of the Homies that took home The Gold !
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Back when we had music videos of substance
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