Give My Poor Heart Ease Voices of the Mississippi Blues

Name: Give My Poor Heart Ease Voices of the Mississippi Blues
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ISBN: 9781469628875

ISBN-10: 1469628872

ISBN-13: 9781469628875

Edition: 2016

Authors: William Ferris

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Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, folklorist William Ferris toured his home state of Mississippi, documenting the voices of African Americans as they spoke about and performed the diverse musical traditions that form the authentic roots of the blues. Now, Give My Poor Heart Ease puts front and center a searing selection of the artistically and emotionally rich voices from this invaluable documentary record. Illustrated with Ferris's photographs of the musicians and their communities and including a CD of original music, the book features more than twenty interviews relating frank, dramatic, and engaging narratives about black life and blues music in the heart of the American South.Here are…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2016
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 2/15/2016
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English