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Founded by Rod Kennedy, the Kerrville Folk Festival has run annually since 1972. It is the longest continuously running music festival of its kind in North America. For eighteen straight days and nights each May and June, over thirty thousand guests come from all over the world to experience the magic of what the folks there simply call "Kerrville." The festival is known internationally as a mecca ... Read more

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In this thought-provoking book, the Black musicians who influenced Elvis Presley's music finally receive recognition and praise.After Baz Luhrmann’s movie, Elvis, hit theaters, audiences and critics alike couldn't help but question the Black origins of Elvis Presley’s music and style, reigniting a debate that has been circling for decades. In Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made ... Read more

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Brother Robert

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An intimate memoir by blues legend Robert Johnson's stepsister, including new details about his family, music, influences, tragic death, and musical afterlifeThough Robert Johnson was only twenty-seven years young and relatively unknown at the time of his tragic death in 1938, his enduring recordings have solidified his status as a progenitor of the Delta blues style. And yet, while his music has ... Read more

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Metal music is heavy, but what does that mean? Heaviness is not just a timbre or quality of sound-it's an experience of impact that listeners help create. This book combines methodologies from musicology, music theory, cognitive science, and performance studies to define heaviness as a cross-sensory experience and aesthetic practice. Heaviness is shaped by what we do when we listen, how we think ... Read more

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I Ain't Studdin' Ya

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Experience music history with this memoir by one of the last of the genuine old school Blues and R&B legends, the Grammy-winning dynamic showman Bobby Rush.This memoir charts the extraordinary rise to fame of living blues legend, Bobby Rush. Born Emmett Ellis, Jr. in Homer, Louisiana, he adopted the stage name Bobby Rush out of respect for his father, a pastor. As a teenager, Rush acquired his ... Read more

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Everything You Need to Know About Blues Music

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Dive deep into the soul-stirring world of blues with Everything You Need to Know About Blues Music, an essential guide to the genre that has shaped the soundscape of modern music. Written by Emily Sorrel, this comprehensive exploration takes you on a journey from the muddy Mississippi Delta to the global stages where blues continues to thrive and evolve. Packed with rich historical context, ... Read more

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When I Left Home

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Can't Be Satisfied

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When blues master Robert Johnson's recordings were rereleased to great fanfare in the 1960s, little was known about his life, giving rise to legends that he gained success by selling his soul to the devil. Biography of a Phantom is musicologist Mack McCormick's search, from the late 1960s until McCormick's death in 2015, to uncover Johnson's life story. McCormick spent decades reconstructing ... Read more

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When blues master Robert Johnson's recordings were rereleased to great fanfare in the 1960s, little was known about his life, giving rise to legends that he gained success by selling his soul to the devil. Biography of a Phantom is musicologist Mack McCormick's search, from the late 1960s until McCormick's death in 2015, to uncover Johnson's life story. McCormick spent decades reconstructing
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11 hours 38 min

A Rolling Stone journalist presents the story of the late singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle.When Justin Townes Earle died of an overdose alone in his Nashville apartment, his death sent waves of grief through the country-Americana music community. The son of alt-country hellraiser Steve Earle had long struggled with mental illness and various addictions. There had been encouraging periods of ... Read more

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A Rolling Stone journalist presents the story of the late singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle.When Justin Townes Earle died of an overdose alone in his Nashville apartment, his death sent waves of grief through the country-Americana music community. The son of alt-country hellraiser Steve Earle had long struggled with mental illness and various addictions. There had been encouraging periods of
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Your Van Is On Fire

The Miscellaneous Meanderings of a Musician

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Live at Jackson Station

Music, Community, and Tragedy in a Southern Blues Bar

by Daniel M. Harrison ...

Narrated by Gary Bennett ...

Unabridged

7 hours 14 min

The smoke was thick, the music was loud, and the beer was flowing. In the fast-and-loose 1980s, Jackson Station Rhythm and Blues Club in Hodges, South Carolina, was a festive late-night roadhouse filled with people from all walks of life who gathered to listen to the live music of high-energy performers. Housed in a Reconstruction-era railway station, the blues club embraced local Southern culture ... Read more

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The smoke was thick, the music was loud, and the beer was flowing. In the fast-and-loose 1980s, Jackson Station Rhythm and Blues Club in Hodges, South Carolina, was a festive late-night roadhouse filled with people from all walks of life who gathered to listen to the live music of high-energy performers. Housed in a Reconstruction-era railway station, the blues club embraced local Southern culture
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Guitar King

Michael Bloomfield's Life in the Blues

by David Dann ...

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Unabridged

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Named one of the world's great blues-rock guitarists by Rolling Stone, Mike Bloomfield (1943–1981) remains beloved by fans nearly forty years after his untimely death. Taking listeners backstage, onstage, and into the recording studio with this legendary virtuoso, David Dann tells the riveting stories behind Bloomfield's work in the seminal Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the mesmerizing Electric ... Read more

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Named one of the world's great blues-rock guitarists by Rolling Stone, Mike Bloomfield (1943–1981) remains beloved by fans nearly forty years after his untimely death. Taking listeners backstage, onstage, and into the recording studio with this legendary virtuoso, David Dann tells the riveting stories behind Bloomfield's work in the seminal Paul Butterfield Blues Band and the mesmerizing Electric
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Einige Geschichten vom Blues

Hinein ins Delta

by Volker Braumann, Volker Braumann ...

Narrated by Volker Braumann ...

Unabridged

1 hour 19 min

"Leute fragen mich immer wieder, wo der Blues denn eigentlich begann, und alles, was ich sagen kann, ist, dass, als ich ein Junge war, wir immer auf den Feldern gesungen haben. Es war kein richtiges Singen, na ja, eher so Schreien, aber wir machten unsere Songs über Sachen, die uns damals tatsächlich passierten, und ich denke, das war die Zeit, als der Blues begann." (Son House 1965) Es ist heute ... Read more

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"Leute fragen mich immer wieder, wo der Blues denn eigentlich begann, und alles, was ich sagen kann, ist, dass, als ich ein Junge war, wir immer auf den Feldern gesungen haben. Es war kein richtiges Singen, na ja, eher so Schreien, aber wir machten unsere Songs über Sachen, die uns damals tatsächlich passierten, und ich denke, das war die Zeit, als der Blues begann." (Son House 1965) Es ist heute
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Buddy Guy

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by Sandra B. Tooze ...

Unabridged

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The Blues

by Chris Thomas King ...

Narrated by Adam Lazarre-White ...

Unabridged

24 hours 1 min

All prior histories on the blues have alleged it originated on plantations in the Mississippi Delta. Not true, says author Chris Thomas King. In The Blues, King presents facts to disprove such myths. For example, as early as 1900, the sound of the blues was ubiquitous in New Orleans. The Mississippi Delta, meanwhile, was an unpopulated sportsman’s paradise—the frontier was still in the process of ... Read more

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All prior histories on the blues have alleged it originated on plantations in the Mississippi Delta. Not true, says author Chris Thomas King. In The Blues, King presents facts to disprove such myths. For example, as early as 1900, the sound of the blues was ubiquitous in New Orleans. The Mississippi Delta, meanwhile, was an unpopulated sportsman’s paradise—the frontier was still in the process of
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King of the Blues

The Rise and Reign of B.B. King

by Daniel De Visé ...

Narrated by Cary Hite ...

Unabridged

17 hours 7 min

Riley “Blues Boy” King (1925-2015) was born into deep poverty in Jim Crow Mississippi. Wrenched away from his sharecropper father, B.B. lost his mother at age ten, leaving him more or less alone. Music became his emancipation from exhausting toil in the fields. Inspired by a local minister’s guitar and by the records of Blind Lemon Jefferson and T-Bone Walker and encouraged by his cousin, the ... Read more

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Riley “Blues Boy” King (1925-2015) was born into deep poverty in Jim Crow Mississippi. Wrenched away from his sharecropper father, B.B. lost his mother at age ten, leaving him more or less alone. Music became his emancipation from exhausting toil in the fields. Inspired by a local minister’s guitar and by the records of Blind Lemon Jefferson and T-Bone Walker and encouraged by his cousin, the
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Blues from Laurel Canyon

My Life as a Bluesman

by John Mayall, Joel McIver ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

8 hours 34 min

John Mayall has played with them all: Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Jack Bruce, Mick Fleetwood, Mick Taylor, Andy Fraser, and the list goes on. Now, in his 80s, John continues to tour all over the world and perform to sold-out crowds. With an incredible blues career spanning over fifty years, rightly earning him the title the “Godfather of British Blues,” John shares his experiences and encounters in ... Read more

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Anima Nera Anima Bianca

Il Vero Volto Del Blues

by Patrizia Barrera ...

Narrated by Federico Tubaro ...

Unabridged

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Un viaggio nel mondo antico del Blues: com'è nato, le sue origini, il suo percorso nel mondo. E poi tante storie e biografie sui suoi protagonisti, bianchi e neri, che hanno contribuito a crearlo e a diffonderlo al grande pubblico.PUBLISHER: TEKTIME ... Read more

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Spirit of the Century

Our Own Story

by The Blind Boys of Alabama ...

Narrated by Phil Morris ...

Unabridged

7 hours 45 min

An insider history of the Blind Boys of Alabama, the longest running group in American music, and the untold story of their world, written with band members and key musical colleagues.The Blind Boys of Alabama are the quintessential Gospel vocal group, and the longest-running musical institution in America. Their story intersects with pivotal moments and issues in American history and is an ideal ... Read more

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An insider history of the Blind Boys of Alabama, the longest running group in American music, and the untold story of their world, written with band members and key musical colleagues.The Blind Boys of Alabama are the quintessential Gospel vocal group, and the longest-running musical institution in America. Their story intersects with pivotal moments and issues in American history and is an ideal
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Symphonie pour un pays neuf

by Lucette Bélanger ...

Narrated by Paul Doucet ...

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On est en 1900. Nicolas Ravel, pianiste, médecin et citoyen de La Rochelle en France décide de partir pour l’Amérique. Il veut en savoir plus sur ses ancêtres qui avaient fui la déportation des Acadiens en 1755 et s’étaient réfugiés, avec l’aide des Micmacs à La Petite-Rochelle en Gaspésie, au Québec. Ce dont il ne se doutait pas c’est que le bonheur l’attendait, là, sur le quai. C’était Mira, la ... Read more

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On est en 1900. Nicolas Ravel, pianiste, médecin et citoyen de La Rochelle en France décide de partir pour l’Amérique. Il veut en savoir plus sur ses ancêtres qui avaient fui la déportation des Acadiens en 1755 et s’étaient réfugiés, avec l’aide des Micmacs à La Petite-Rochelle en Gaspésie, au Québec. Ce dont il ne se doutait pas c’est que le bonheur l’attendait, là, sur le quai. C’était Mira, la
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