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Article: Bailey's Bundles

The Blues According To Rory Block

Read "The Blues According To Rory Block" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Being a household name depends as much on the household as it does the name. Not all reading this will know who Rory Block is, but in the households with fans of the rural blues, slide guitar and innovative women in music, to not know would be criminal. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Block grew up ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Delta Blues & the Birth (and Death) of the Cool: Two definitive Ted Gioia Histories

Read "Delta Blues & the Birth (and Death) of the Cool: Two definitive Ted Gioia Histories" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Does the music world need one more history of Delta blues music? Does a survey of a spongy concept like “cool" have any relevance in a post-9/11 world? Considering Robert Palmer authored a definitive narrative on depression-era Mississippi Delta music in Deep Blues (Viking, 1981) almost 30 years ago, and that Martin Williams and David Rosenthal, ...

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Greg Nagy: Walk that Fine Thin Line

Read "Walk that Fine Thin Line" reviewed by Clifford Allen


It's not necessarily obvious to think of Michigan's “thumb" as being a hotbed of blues music. Sure, Detroit has produced a large share of jazz, R&B and Doo-Wop groups, and the state was home to the frantic blues-fueled rock of the Stooges and the MC5, but despite its proximity to Chicago, Michigan's lower third doesn't exude ...


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