Big Tony in Sweden offers a history of blues from the early recordings through jug bands, mandolin, and topic blues.
Deborah Kay Jeter offers reasons for educators to teach blues and jazz during Black History Month on Suite 101.
Read this history of the musical genre that helps define American music.
Provides biographies and lots of links for six blues greats including Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. Hosts Delaney Bramlett's official site.
Listen to over one hundred sound recordings and read documentation on the historic festivals of 1938-1943 provided by the Library of Congress.
Features an essay by Robert Baker exploring the varying styles of blues music, blues lyrics, and blues tonalities.
Author and biographer from Chicago presents his book on legendary blues masters and the accompanying CD.
Peruse this transcribed discussion between musicologists Kip Lornell, Dick Spottswood, and John Cowley.
Harry compiles blues history resources such as the family tree, maps, and essays.
Nolan provides a gallery of jazz and blues photography, purchase information, and autobiography.
Course outline for a blues class taught by Steve Meyer at University of Wisconsin.
State of the Blues offers black and white portraits taken of blues musicians.
Blue Chicago Blues Store presents these scans of Doyle paintings depicting blues musicians.
Learn about this father and son team who recorded and preserved the works of various legendary bluesmen.
Hannes Rosenhagen explains the genre of Northern Soul, his top tens, list of zines, theses, and links.
Radio DJ who played a mix of hillbilly and blues music in 1949. Listen to clips from his show Red, Hot, and Blue.
Founder of Sun Records is known as the 'Father of Modern Music.' Offers samples of the blues, country, and rock and roll music he produced.
Center for the Study of Southern Culture presents a list of its publications such as the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.
Get an overview of the early history of the blues, country, and rock and roll courtesy of the Memphis Guide. Includes downloadable music samples.
Edward Komara compiles this bibliography of American blues researcher Gayle Dean Wardlow.
Ted Gioia presents this piece on the prehistory of jazz and blues as Americanized forms of African music.