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                                Lady Sings the BluesBillie Holiday
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                                  Markets Of LondonAlec Forshaw and Theo Bergström
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                                                    Just My Soul Responding : Rhythm & Blues, Black Consciousness and Race RelationsBrian Ward
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                                                      100 Essential Dub AlbumsDavid Furgess
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                                                        Windrush Echoes : Soundings - Issue 10 Autumn 1998Gail Lewis
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                                                          Such Sweet Thunder : Benny Green on JazzBenny Green
                                                          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...
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                                                            In Search Of The BluesMarybeth Hamilton
                                                            Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, Charley Patton-we are all familiar with the story of the Delta blues. Fierce, raw voices; tormented drifters; deals with the...
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                                                              Blues From The DeltaWilliam Ferris
                                                              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...
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