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    Etta James

    Etta James

    Etta James (January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) Jamesetta Hawkins was born..
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    Ruth Brown

    Ruth Brown

    Ruth Brown ran away from home at 17 to follow her dream of singin’ in a ban..
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    R.L. Burnside

    R.L. Burnside

    He was born Robert Lee, his friends called him Rule. But we know him as R.L..
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    Hubert Sumlin

    Hubert Sumlin

    Remember this name: Hubert Sumlin. You’ve heard his incredible guitar sound..
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    Little Willie John

    Little Willie John

    He lived fast, died young, and left behind a legacy of incredible—but large..
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    Eric Bibb

    Eric Bibb

    Eric Bibb grew up in music. His dad was a major player in the New York folk..
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    Happy Birthday Guy Davis!

    Happy Birthday Guy Davis!

    If you played me a track by Guy Davis and told me he was a relic from the o..
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    Super Chikan

    Super Chikan

    If you’re lucky enough to travel to Clarksdale, Mississippi, you’ll see som..
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    Asylum Street Spankers “If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day”

    Asylum Street Spankers “If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day”

    Look out for the release of the final recordings of the Asylum Street Spank..
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    Blind Boy Paxton “Broke and Hungry”

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    Language of the Blues with Debra Devi: “Hoodoo”

    Language of the Blues with Debra Devi: “Hoodoo”

    So one of my favorite music books is called the Language of the Blues. Writ..
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    C.C. Rider Reads: “Charley Patton” by R. Crumb

    C.C. Rider Reads: “Charley Patton” by R. Crumb

    A fantastic graphic story, blues scholar, comic genius, and musician R. Cru..
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    C.C. Rider Reads: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

    C.C. Rider Reads: Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

    In my opinion, the greatest work of African-American fiction, and one of th..
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    Summer Reading: The Land Where the Blues Began

    Summer Reading: The Land Where the Blues Began

    THE LAND WHERE THE BLUES BEGAN BY ALAN LOMAX While many of the accounts in ..
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    Summer Reading: The Language of the Blues

    Summer Reading: The Language of the Blues

    The Language of the Blues: from Alcorub to Zuzu by Debra Devi Ever wondered..
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Artists today that are reviving and reinventing the blues…

Abner Jay “My Middle Name is the Blues”

Abner Jay “My Middle Name is the Blues”

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Valerie June “Workin’ Woman Blues”

Valerie June “Workin’ Woman Blues”

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Hey Mama “Cold Cold Ground”

Hey Mama “Cold Cold Ground”

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  • 30 Jul
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Pokey LaFarge “La La Blues”

Pokey LaFarge “La La Blues”

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Pokey LaFarge “Hard Times Come and Go”

Pokey LaFarge “Hard Times Come and Go”

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Jack White “I’m Shakin”

Jack White “I’m Shakin”

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    Ethel Waters, Vaudeville Star and pioneer of the 1920’s era of Classic Female Blues. Photo from 1929.

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    Bertha “Chippie” Hill, circa 1946, photo by William Gottlieb.

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