Listening for Africa: Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins by David F. Garcia (2017)
The period roughly between the 1930s and the 1950s is at the center of this study. That is, how writers,
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The Art of the Blues: A Visual Treasury of Black Music’s Golden Age by Bill Dahl (2016)
There can never be enough praise of the blues, a music that has deeply influenced any kind of Western popular
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Early Blues: The First Stars of Blues Guitar by Jas Obrecht (2015)
The early blues guitar legends Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Blake, Papa Charlie Jackson, Tampa Red, Sylvester Weaver, Mississippi John Hurt,
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