blues america - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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Blues People: Negro Music in White America

Book by LeRoi Jones; William Morrow, 1963

Subjects:

African Americans, African Americans--Music--History And Criticism, Blues (Music)--History And Criticism, Jazz--History And Criticism

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Blues People Negro Music in White America by LeRoi Jones / William...I cite the beginning of blues as one beginning of American Negroes. Or, let me say...immediate predecessors of blues were the Afro-American/American Negro work songs...
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Blues Boy: The Life and Music of B.B. King

Book by Sebastian Danchin; University Press of Mississippi, 1998

Subjects:

Blues Musicians--United States--Biography, King, B. B

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A richly detailed & balanced portrait of the "King of the Blues."
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Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues

Book by Steve Cheseborough; University Press of Mississippi, 2004

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--History And Criticism, Blues Musicians--Homes And Haunts--Guidebooks, Helena (Ark.)--Guidebooks, Memphis (Tenn.)--Guidebooks, Mississippi--Guidebooks, Musical Landmarks--Arkansas--Helena--Guidebooks, Musical Landmarks--Mississippi--Guidebooks, Musical Landmarks--Tennessee--Memphis--Guidebooks

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Updated and expanded, this indispensable guidebook maps out the blues birthplaces, juke joints and crossroads of the Mississippi Delta.
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Blues: The Basics

Book by Dick Weissman; Routledge, 2004

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--History And Criticism

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Blues: The Basicsgives a brief introduction to a century of the blues, ideal for students and interested listeners who want to learn more about this important musical style.The book is organized chronologically, focusing on the major eras in blues' growth and development. Each chapter includes a ...
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Blues: The Basicsgives a brief introduction to a century of the blues, ideal for students and interested listeners who want to learn more about this important musical style.The book is organized chronologically, focusing on the major eras in blues' growth and development. Each chapter includes a timeline relating significant social and historical events to developments in the blues. The book concludes with lists of key recordings, books, and videos.Blues: The Basics serves as an excellent introduction to the players, the music, and the styles that make blues an enduring and well-loved musical style.
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Virginia Piedmont Blues: The Lives and Art of Two Virginia Bluesmen

Book by Barry Lee Pearson; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990

Subjects:

Blues Musicians--Virginia--Biography, Cephas, John, Edwards, Archie--1918-

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...religion, folklore, African-American life, blues, and musicians. It is...keep alive. The term "blues," meaning a type of African-American folksong, first appeared...Ragtime, another pre-blues, Afro-American musical style, affected...

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Signifying the Blues

Journal article by Robert Switzer; Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, 2001

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--Criticism and interpretation, Heidegger, Martin--Criticism and interpretation, Literary themes, Poetry--Themes, motives, Poets--Criticism and interpretation

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...musical heart of African-American culture, the blues." Davis names two "notable...stanza, though many African-American poets "go beneath blues forms and overt blues themes...soul" at play in African-American music. The blues, I want to argue, is all...
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The Three Doc(k)s: White Blues in Appalachia

Journal article by William E. Lightfoot; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 23, 2003

Subjects:

African American music--Criticism and interpretation, African American music--Influence, African American music--Social aspects, African Americans--Criticism and interpretation, African Americans--Influence, African Americans--Music, African Americans--Social aspects, Blues (Music)--Criticism and interpretation, Blues (Music)--Social aspects

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...exploration of the influence of African-American blues on Appalachian white blues should...Niles believed that in African-American blues, "it is the gaiety that is feigned...Charley Lincoln. But an African-American source, blues tropes, and a kind of three-line...
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"Make My Getaway": The Blues Lives of Black Minstrels in W. C. Handy's Father of the Blues

Journal article by Adam Gussow; African American Review, Vol. 35, 2001

Subjects:

African American musicians--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Blues (Music)--History, Books--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Father of the Blues (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Handy, W.C.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...overt, was another. "St. Louis Blues," Americas shadow national anthem, is...him squarely in the African-American tradition: blues music as an escape from the...Commercial Ascendancy of the Blues." American Music 14.2 (1996): 402-54...
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The Blues Aesthetic in Toni Morrison's the Bluest Eye

Journal article by Cat Moses; African American Review, Vol. 33, 1999

Subjects:

African American women--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Blues (Music)--Influence, Morrison, Toni--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Bluest Eye (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...the blues: The dominant blues syntagm in America is an instrumental imitation...desire expressed in African American wome ns blues lyrics is a "camouflaged dream...and Vernacular expression in America" in Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American...
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"Jelly Jelly Jellyroll": Lesbian Sexuality and Identity in Women's Blues

Journal article by Maria V. Johnson; Women & Music, Vol. 7, 2003

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--Analysis, Lesbianism--Analysis

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...sexuality. Like the vaudeville blues singers, contemporary African American women musicians reclaim...continues today--of African American blues women who, through their...Sexual Politics of Womens Blues." Radical America 20, no. 4: 9-22. Chauncey...

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Latin America: Post-Adjustment Blues

Magazine article by Moises Naim; Foreign Policy, Fall 1993

Subjects:

Economic development--Latin America, Free enterprise--Latin America, Latin America--Economic aspects

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Latin America: post-adjustment blues. by Moises Naim One...and it seemed that North and South America could end their bitter ideological...economic development. But now, as Latin America moves toward the end of the 1990s...
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Writing New Lyrics for the Out-of-Work Blues: As Corporate America Continues to Slim Down, Black Managers Develop Innovative Strategies to Find New Jobs

Magazine article by Roz Ayres-Williams; Black Enterprise, Vol. 22, January 1992

Subjects:

African American executives--Employment, Job hunting--Technique, Unemployment--Management

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...new lyrics for the out-of-work blues: as corporate America continues to slim down, black...against job loss in corporate America. Men and women, nonwhites and...rumors is difficult for African-Americans who have been raised to believe...
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The Blues Artist as Cultural Rebel

Magazine article by Stephen T. Asma; The Humanist, Vol. 57, July 1997

Subjects:

African American music, African Americans, Blues (Music)--Public opinion, Gospel music--Public opinion, Music

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...White Boy Singin the Blues that African Americans never really interpreted...rationale for the African-American "demonization" of blues, it is important at this...of the counterculture blues artist. An African American mother might tell her...
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Hollow Rock & the Lost Blues Connection

Magazine article by Martha Bayles; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 17, Summer 1993

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Rock groups--Appreciation, Rock music--Portrayals, depictions, etc., United States--Music

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...found in all forms of Afro-American music. In blues, as well as in jazz and gospel...the black man." Back in America, blues vocalism fared no better...rhythmic counterpoint of Afro-American music. The blues influence provides a welcome...
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Blues with an Altitude

Magazine article by Mike Ceaser; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 53, July 2001

Subjects:

Blues (Music)--Bolivia, Blues musicians--Evaluation, Bolivia--Music, Parodi, Pedro--Evaluation

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...with an Altitude by Mike Ceaser AMERICAN BLUES is traditionally considered southern music, but...recordings. Parodi considers his the largest blues collection in Latin America and sometimes even lends rare recordings to U...

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Football: Moyes Given Every Reason to Smile; BLUES TOURING THE USA Club America Win 5-4 on Pens

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 31, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Given Every Reason to Smile; BLUES TOURING THE USA Club America Win 5-4 on Pens. Byline...Pizza Hut Park, Dallas CLUB AMERICA 1 Cuevas 90 EVERTON 1 Arteta...against Mexican outfit Club America probably left Moyes wishing...
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Blues Brothers in True Everton Tour; Toffees Rediscover Their Hidden Links with South America: Chile, Argentina and Even Uruguay Part of the Family

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), July 17, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Blues Brothers in True...Links with South America: Chile, Argentina...in all three South American Evertons. "We were...Society, a body of Blues fans on Merseyside...journey, with the Blues shareholders presented...commemorating the 1909 South American Tour. The group was...
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Blues Fans Put Faith in 'Captain America'

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 16, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Blues Fans Put Faith in Captain America. The name Schubert...to the ears of all Blues fans, writes Simon...with the way Captain America has fitted into his...started out playing American Football during his...liking of all at the Blues.
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Merseyside Superfans Who Go the Extra Mile; Competition Is Fierce for Reds, Blues and Rovers Fans of the Year Mbna Bank of America

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), January 23, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Competition Is Fierce for Reds, Blues and Rovers Fans of the Year Mbna Bank of America. Byline: By JAMES PEARCE...year-old has supported the Blues since he was eight, despite...Fazakerley Hospital. The Independent Blues member was given only a slim...
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Mystery Lady Sings the Blues; Angela McCluskey Is a Huge Star in America - Yet Still a Virtual Unknown in Her Native Scotland. but All That Is about to Change

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 2, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Mystery Lady Sings the Blues; Angela McCluskey Is a Huge Star in America - Yet Still a Virtual...striking jazz and blues voices in modern...of numbers with an American classical pianist...Hollywood. I came to America and, instead of saying...

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Rodgers, Jimmie

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...jobs, meanwhile learning the blues from his African-American fellow workers. Known as the...the Jailhouse Now," "Brakemans Blues," and "My Time Aint Long." The...success in both rural and urban America, Rodgers has had an enduring...
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Brown, James

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...JAMES 1933 2006, African-American rhythm-and-blues singer known as the "godfather...a true innovator of rhythm and blues and funk, recording such hit singles...Grammy-winning album Living in America (1985). Jailed (1988) on drug...
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Farrell, Eileen

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...begun singing on the radio, she made concert tours in the United States (1947 48) and South America (1949), and throughout her career sang pop, jazz, and blues as well as classical music. She first appeared in New York City in 1950 at Carnegie Hall...
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Jazz

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...receptive to jazz, and thus many American jazz musicians have become...City, and the West Coast. The blues, vocal and instrumental, was...always been a distinctively American idiom, with Europeans largely...musicians, feeling that mainstream American jazz expression had retreated...
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Coleman, Ornette

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

COLEMAN, ORNETTE 1930 , African-American saxophonist and composer, b. Fort Worth...playing the alto saxophone in rhythm-and-blues bands. He later developed an unorthodox...pieces, notably the orchestral Skies of America (1972). In 2007 he was awarded the Pulitzer...

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