78 rpm era musicians
acoustic to electric transition
African American musical heritage
archival research in music
audience participation traditions
Black modernism and music
call-and-response patterns
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community-based art forms
crossroads mythology symbolism
cultural memory and sound
dance and groove traditions
Delta region song traditions
documentary sound preservation
emotion and musical storytelling
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ethnomusicology readings
folklore and field recordings
gender and performance studies
Great Migration cultural impact
heritage and identity expression
improvisational vocal techniques
independent record labels history
influential music writers
interdisciplinary cultural studies
liner notes and criticism
migration-era soundscapes
music criticism history
oral tradition studies
pedagogy of American music
performance aesthetics analysis
poetry and lyric influence
popular music roots scholarship
protest expression in song
race and expressive culture
regional style variations
roots music scholarship
rural juke joint culture
slide guitar traditions
sound recording industry history
southern United States cultural history
spirituality and secular song
transatlantic cultural retentions
urban club performance history
vernacular performance practices
vocal timbre and phrasing
work songs and spirituals legacy
Product details
- ISBN 9781558492066
- Weight: 1080g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 16 Nov 1999
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A selection of writings, published between 1911 and 1998, on the subject of blues music. Included are contributions by folklorists, anthropologists, sociologists, literary artists, musicians, critics and aficionados. The appeal of blues music is reflected in the range of contributors to the volume, among them Howard W. Odum, Alan Lomax, Richard Alan Waterman, Langston Hughes, Paul Oliver, Sam Charters, Janheinz Jahn, James Baldwin, Leroi Jones, Charles Keil, Jeff Todd Titon, Houston Baker, Hazel Carby and Angela Davis. From these various perspectives emerges an understanding of the blues: its origin in African aesthetics; the impact of slavery and reconstruction; its early folk manifestations; and the importance of religion, style, gender, audience, protest, and the record business in its development as an art form. Further context is provided by an introduction, section overviews, and a bibliography, discography and videography of blues materials.
