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...
**Reissue of this David Axelrod classic from 1975!** Across six tracks, Axelrod and his collective of players dip in and out of bounding jazz-funk, Afro-Latin...
At last, fresh installments in Honest Jon's acclaimed, much-loved series: open-hearted, bitter-sweet, mash-up postcards to the here and now, from young...
In this volume devoted to his post-war London recordings, Lord Kitchener plays his many roles with signature aplomb and poised subtlety; first there is...
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Still deeper forays into the musical landscape of the Windrush generation; a dazzling range of calypso, mento, joropo, steelband, palm-wine and r’n'b....
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Soundtrack to the seminal Jamaican film, features stone cold Reggae classics from Jimmy Cliff, the Maytals, Desmond Dekker, Scotty, The Melodians and...
Reissue of Goldie's classic, second album from 1998. This expanded edition features new remixes from Gremlinz & Jesta, Martyn, HLZ, DjRum and Dengue Dengue...
Soul Jazz Records classic Studio One Rockers available once more on black vinyl edition + download code.
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‘Space Funk – Afro Futurist Electro Funk in Space 1976-84’, is an intergalactic journey into black space, fuelled by funk, powered by computers.
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Soundtrack from Tarantino's classic movie, Jackie Brown, for which much of the music was selected during the writing stage. Includes songs from Bobby Womack,...
Wicked soundtrack! Killer tunes and very cool radio advert jingles in between!
Curated by Tarantino himself, the soundtrack is a love letter to the music...