Harry Smith’s America: Part 1, Ballads
Eccentric? Yes. A polymath? Absolutely. Genius? Probably. I’ve seen countless definitions of the latter term, but for me, the one that tracks besRead More…
Tag: Charley Patton
An Introduction to Country Blues
Few genres loom larger in the history of American song than the blues. The style first emerged in the South, prior to the Civil War, deriving froRead More…
A Century of Song: Part 36, 300 – 281
A Century of Song is an attempt to summarize 100 years of popular music through 1000 carefully chosen tracks. Included within this list are Read More…