From Timbuktu to the Mississippi Delta: How West African Standards of Aesthetics Shaped the Music of the Delta Blues, Pascal Bokar Thiam

Автор: Greene Alison Collis
Название: No Depression in Heaven: Religion and the Great Depression in the Mississippi Delta
ISBN: 0199371873 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199371877
Издательство: Oxford Academ
Рейтинг:
Цена: 38010.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A study of the inability of the churches to deal with the crisis of the Great Depression and the shift from church-based aid to a federal welfare state.

Автор: Stephen A. King
Название: I`m Feeling the Blues Right Now: Blues Tourism and the Mississippi Delta
ISBN: 1617038261 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781617038266
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Рейтинг:
Цена: 31410.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Reveals the strategies used by blues promoters and organisers in Mississippi, both African American and white, local and state, to attract the attention of tourists. In the process, he reveals how promotional materials portray the Delta`s blues culture and its musicians. This is the first critical account of Mississippi`s blues tourism industry.

Автор: Robert Sacre
Название: Charley Patton: Voice of the Mississippi Delta
ISBN: 1496816137 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781496816139
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Рейтинг:
Цена: 91960.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Blues Book of the Year
--26th Annual Living Blues Awards

Contributions by Luther Allison, John Broven, Daniel Droixhe, David Evans, William Ferris, Jim O'Neal, Mike Rowe, Robert Sacrй, Arnold Shaw, and Dick Shurman

Fifty years after Charley Patton's death in 1934, a team of blues experts gathered five thousand miles from Dockery Farms at the University of Liege in Belgium to honor the life and music of the most influential artist of the Mississippi Delta blues. This volume brings together essays from that international symposium on Charley Patton and Mississippi blues traditions, influences, and comparisons. Originally published by Presses Universitaires de Liиge in Belgium, this collection has been revised and updated with a new foreword by William Ferris, new images added, and some essays translated into English for the first time.

Patton's personal life and his recorded music bear witness to how he endured and prevailed in his struggle as a black man during the early twentieth century. Within this volume, that story offers hope and wonder. Organized in two parts--"Origins and Traditions" and "Comparison with Other Regional Styles and Mutual Influence"--the essays create an invaluable resource on the life and music of this early master. Written by a distinguished group of scholars, these pieces secure the legacy of Charley Patton as the fountainhead of Mississippi Delta blues.

Автор: Ratcliffe Philip R.
Название: Mississippi John Hurt: His Life, His Times, His Blues
ISBN: 1496818350 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781496818355
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Рейтинг:
Цена: 25080.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Winner, Best History, 2012 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.When Mississippi John Hurt (1892-1966) was ""rediscovered"" by blues revivalists in 1963, his musicianship and recordings transformed popular notions of prewar country blues. At seventy-one he moved to Washington, D.C., from Avalon, Mississippi, and became a live-wire connection to a powerful, authentic past. His intricate and lively style made him the most sought after musician among the many talents the revival brought to light.Mississippi John Hurt provides this legendary creator's life story for the first time. Biographer Philip Ratcliffe traces Hurt's roots to the moment his mother Mary Jane McCain and his father Isom Hurt were freed from slavery. Anecdotes from Hurt's childhood and teenage years include the destiny-making moment when his mother purchased his first guitar for $1.50 when he was only nine years old. Stories from his neighbors and friends, from both of his wives, and from his extended family round out the community picture of Avalon. US census records, Hurt's first marriage record in 1916, images of his first autographed LP record, and excerpts from personal letters written in his own hand provide treasures for fans. Ratcliffe details Hurt's musical influences and the origins of his style and repertoire. The author also relates numerous stories from the time of his success, drawing on published sources and many hours of interviews with people who knew Hurt well, including the late Jerry Ricks, Pat Sky, Stefan Grossman and Max Ochs, Dick Spottswood, and the late Mike Stewart. In addition, some of the last photographs taken of the legendary musician are featured for the first time in Mississippi John Hurt.