Broadcasting the Blues: Black Blues in the Segregation Era by Paul Oliver

Broadcasting the Blues: Black Blues in the Segregation Era

Paul Oliver

210 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction music challenging informative medium-paced
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The book begins by outlining the history of the blues from African music through country stomps, ragtime songs, and field hollers. From the heroic figures of black folksong--including the steel-driving railroad worker John Henry and the destructiv...

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