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Son House: Delta Blues: The Original Library of Congress Sessions from Field Recordings, 1941-42

Read "Delta Blues: The Original Library of Congress Sessions from Field Recordings, 1941-42" reviewed by AAJ Staff


The ‘Sixties folk boom brought a lot of surprises – while new performers grew famous, old figures (bluesmen, etc.) were “rediscovered" and returned to the stage. The biggest surprise was Son House, in 1964 – it was actually the third time he’d been rediscovered! First recorded in 1930, House found music a hard life and became ...

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Son House: The Original Library of Congress Sessions From Field Recordings 1941-1942

Read "The Original Library of Congress Sessions From Field Recordings 1941-1942" reviewed by Ed Kopp


These Son House “field recordings" were made in 1941 and ‘42 by folklorist Alan Lomax, who toured the country with a crude 300-pound machine documenting all sorts of regional music.In the 1930s, Son House served as the main inspiration to fellow Mississippians Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters, arguably the two greatest innovators the blues ...

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How High the Moon

Label: Biograph Records
Released: 1998

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Randy Weston: How High the Moon

Read "How High the Moon" reviewed by Joel Roberts


Randy Weston has long been one of the most compelling and original composers and performers in jazz (as well as a personal favorite). Decades before “world music" became a trendy marketing category, Weston was integrating American bebop with the musical traditions of West Africa to make some of the most spirited and spiritual music in all ...


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