Select Books
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Blues unlimited : essential interviews from the original blues magazine by ISBN: 9780252097508Publication Date: 2015 -
Encyclopedia of the Blues 2-Volume Set by This comprehensive two-volume set brings together all aspects of the blues from performers and musical styles to record labels and cultural issues, including regional evolution and history. Organized in an accessible A-to-Z format, the Encyclopedia of the Blues is an essential reference resource for information on this unique American music genre. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of the Blues website.ISBN: 9780415926997Publication Date: 2005-10-28 -
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Databases
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History Makers Digital Archive (Proquest)These video oral history interviews highlight the accomplishments of individual African Americans and African-American-led groups and movements. Its aim is to provide a unique scholarly and educational resource for exploring African American history and culture.
Documentaries
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Lightning in a bottle by On February 7, 2003, renowned artists across music genres and generations commandeered the stage at New York City's Radio City Music Hall to pay tribute to their common heritage and passion: the bluesPublication Date: 2004
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Story Of The Blues: From Blindlemon To B.B. King by The Story Of The Blues traces the four principal traditions of blues music: Blues Form - Country Blues - Urban Blues - Electric Blues and it's significant contribution to the development of jazz, rock music, and country and western music.Publication Date: 2004
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T'ain't nobody's bizness : queer blues divas of the 1920's by "As part of recapturing our lost and hidden past, "T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness" presents the facts concerning the alternative sexualities of famous blues singers in a way that is unsensational yet entertaining."Publication Date: 2013
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Title Blues masters history of the blues by Rare performances and historical footage tracing the development of American blues music.ISBN: 1566058414Publication Date: 2002 -
Wild women don't have the blues the women, the music, the legacy. by The story of Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith, Alberta Hunter, Ida Cox, and other pioneering blues women from early in the century.Publication Date: 1989
Blues in the Recording Studios
Jared Zimiroski, Recording Studios' part-time sound engineer and former co-op, performs a Blues Jam on February 12, 2020.