Tidewater Pastoral connects my curiosities about the history of my birthplace, Newport News, Virginia (Hampton Roads) and subjects such as the militarization of music education, colonialism, and the transatlantic black music experience. My zine contends with the colonial remnants of Eurocentric music history which aims to dominate the narrative about black music objects. more specifically, the small art pieces within Tidewater Pastoral recalls artifacts and natural objects associated with tidewater Virginia’s seldom uplifted African-American musical memory.