The land where the blues began
(Book + CD)
Author
Published
New York : New Press, 2002.
ISBN
1565847393, 9781565847392
Status
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Berwyn Public Library - Stacks | 781.643 LOM | On Shelf |
| Tinley Park Public Library - 1st Floor | 781.643 LOM | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : New Press, 2002.
Format
Book + CD
Physical Desc
xv, 539 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
ISBN
1565847393, 9781565847392
Notes
General Note
Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, c1993.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-514), discography (pages 515-518), filmography (pages 519-522), and index.
Description
A self-described "song-hunter," the folklorist Alan Lomax traveled the Mississippi Delta in the 1930's and '40s, armed with primitive recording equipment and a keen love of the Delta's music heritage. Crisscrossing the towns and hamlets where the blues began, Lomax gave voice to such greats as Leadbelly, Fred MacDowell, Muddy Waters, and many others, all of whom made their debut recordings with him. The Land Where the Blues Began is Lomax's "stingingly well-written cornbread-and-moonshine odyssey" (Kirkus Reviews) through America's musical heartland. Through candid conversations with bluesmen and vivid, firsthand accounts of the landscape where their music was born, Lomax's "discerning reconstructions . . . give life to a domain most of us can never know . . . one that summons us with an oddly familiar sensation of reverence and dread" (The New York Times Book Review). The Land Where the Blues Began captures the irrepressible energy of soul of people who changed American musical history [Publisher description]
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lomax, A. (2002). The land where the blues began . New Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002. 2002. The Land Where the Blues Began. New York: New Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002. The Land Where the Blues Began New York: New Press, 2002.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Lomax, A. (2002). The land where the blues began. New York: New Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lomax, Alan. The Land Where the Blues Began New Press, 2002.
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