At root, the blues is rich in its simplicity, but it has flowered across the years in a variety of rare complexity. Perhaps no form of popular art is more...
"The ultimate in art is self-expression, not escape."-Duke Ellington In this fascinating portrait of one of America's greatest musical legends, longtime...
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The most exhaustive bibliography of articles and books on African American Blues artists ever attempted, 770 pages, 20,000 entries, with a comprehensive...
*French Translation* Lady Sings the Blues is the inimitable autobiography of one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century. Born to a single mother...
Back To Roots Records bring you Peace Militia a limited cassette only mix series, creating a militia of DJs championing a dance floor unity through the...
A grim read from Goldman ..Ten years after the publication of his book on the life of Elvis Presley, the author examines the last 24 hours of Elvis' life....
Brian Ward is Lecturer in American History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne .; This book is intended for american studies, American history postwar...
This text examines the legacy of the arrival of the "Empire Windrush" at Tilbury Dock in 1948. Contributors including Jackie Kay, Sonia Boyce, Stuart Hall...
The world's leading authority on jazz and popular song, Benny Green was a prolific writer whose material spanned every aspect of the musical arts. As an...
Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, Charley Patton-we are all familiar with the story of the Delta blues. Fierce, raw voices; tormented drifters; deals with the...
William Ferris, director of the centre for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, has written a book as deep as the blues: rich...
Studio One's music in the 1970s took the label to new heights. The new style of Disco Mix brought many areas of Reggae together Roots, Lovers, Disco...
What do Tyler the Creator, Mantronix, Stetsasonic, DJ Shadow, Eric B and Rakim, Brand Nubian, Jay-Z and N.W.A. have in common?
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"New Orleans, "Mecca" of the Jazz world, has always pulsated with musical life. At the heart of this life is Bourbon Street Black - a nearly...
The author, a longtime Baldwin friend, uses personal memories and interviews with more than a hundred friends and associates, to offer a detailed profile...
Lovingly compiled, this album features only the finest Lovers from Jamaica’s finest label. From Blues parties in London, Birmingham, Bristol etc Lovers...
Junior Reid's outstanding debut album from 1985 with killer production from Sugar Minott, pushing rhythm & sound effects to the max. Includes the classic...
Reissue of Kellee Patterson's 'Kellee' album, recorded in 1976. Her the second album after her debut album 'Maiden Voyage' was released on Black Jazz Records....
This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title, organised by the The David C. Driskell Centre for the study of the Visual...
'This is the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers' Edmund White, Washington Post
When Arthur Montana, world-renowned 'Emperor of Soul',...