Imani Perry’s “Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People” is one of those books that slips the boundaries, or disregards them altogether in its way. A meditation, or a series of linked ...
Guy was one of the first guitarists to use electronic feedback and distortion. Now, at age 88, he has a cameo in Ryan Coogler's supernatural horror film Sinners. Originally broadcast in 1993. This is ...
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The American Backrooms and Bars That Built the Blues
Before the blues filled grand theaters and concert halls, it lived in humble bars, street corners, and juke joints where life ...
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8 Bessie Smith Songs Every Modern Music Lover Should Hear: Blues Roots of Today’s Sound.
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the undisputed “Empress of the Blues,” Bessie Smith’s voice is a cornerstone of American music history. Her raw emotion, unwavering strength, and uncompromising style helped shape ...
Smithsonian Folkways: SF 40045 (on container: SF CD 40045). Folk music and blues, composed in part by Leadbelly. Most selections previously released on Folkways [FA]2034 [1962] or [FT]31046 [1976].
Earlier this week, I saw the great Buddy Guy live in concert. At 88, the blues legend still prowls the stage like a man with something to prove—but there’s also a real sensitivity to his swagger.
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