folk revival
Lead Belly: From Angola Prison to American Folk Icon
Lead Belly: King of the Twelve-String Guitar In July 1933, folklorist John Lomax hauled a 300-pound recording machine through the gates of…
Mississippi John Hurt: Rediscovered After 30 Years Farming
Mississippi John Hurt: The Remarkable Story of a Blues Genius In 1963, a young record collector named Tom Hoskins drove into Avalon,…
Bukka White: Prison Blues That Echoed Through Led Zeppelin
Bukka White: An Authentic Raw Pioneer of the Delta Blues In 1963, a young guitarist named John Fahey wrote an address on…