In search of the blues

By Marybeth Hamilton

Subjects: Folk music, Blues (music), history and criticism, Blues (Music), Field recordings, Blues, Collectors and collecting, Nonfiction, Blues musicians, Genres & Styles, Music, MUSIC, New York Times reviewed, Sound recordings, History and criticism, Blues (Music) -- History and criticism, History, Ethnomusicologists, Performing Arts

Description: A revisionist account which claims that, archaic and primeval though the music may sound, “Delta blues” emerged in the late twentieth century, the culmination of a longstanding white fascination with black singers untainted by modernity. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.