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65Total References
12Categories
37Books
26Sound Recordings
American Roots Synthesis
And they all sang : adventures of an eclectic disc jockeyTerkel, Studs | Book | FIU Green LibraryHighway 61 revisited : the tangled roots of American jazz, blues, folk, rock, & country musicSantoro, Gene | Book | FIU Green Library
Artist Biographies
Josh White : society bluesWald, Elijah | Book | FIU Green Library
Artist Discographies
The Best of Louis JordanJordan, Louis | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageBluebird bluesMcTell, Blind Willie | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageBlues for Rampart StreetCox, Ida | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageI'm wild about my lovin, 1928-1930Memphis Minnie | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageLeadbelly : includes legendary performances never before releasedLeadbelly | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageLeadbelly's last sessions, vol. 2Leadbelly | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageLonesome road bluesBroonzy, Big Bill | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageLouis JordanJordan, Louis | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageMuddy WatersMuddy Waters | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageSymposium in bluesCarr, Leroy | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and Image
Bob Dylan
Bargainin' for salvation : Bob Dylan, a Zen master?Heine, Steven | Book | FIU Green LibraryBob DylanNegus, Keith | Book | FIU Green LibraryBob Dylan's greatest hits, Volume IIDylan, Bob | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageDon't think twice it's all right : Bob Dylan, the early yearsGill, Andy | Book | FIU Green LibraryThe formative Dylan : transmission and stylistic influences, 1961-1963Harvey, Todd | Book | FIU Green LibraryThe freewheelin' Bob DylanDylan, Bob | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageInvisible republic : Bob Dylan's basement tapesMarcus, Greil | Book | FIU Green LibraryPerformed literature : words and music by Bob DylanBowden, Betsy | Book | FIU Green Library
Core Blues Scholarship
Blues & the poetic spiritGaron, Paul | Book | FIU Green LibraryBlues fell this morning : meaning in the bluesOliver, Paul | Book | FIU Green LibraryBlues legacies and Black feminism : Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie HolidayDavis, Angela Y | Book | FIU Green LibraryBlues roots/MississippiCharters, Samuel | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageBlues, ideology, and Afro-American literature : a vernacular theoryBaker, Houston A | Book | FIU Green LibraryJook right on : blues stories and blues storytellersPearson, Barry Lee | Book | FIU Green LibraryThe Truman and Eisenhower blues : African-American blues and gospel songs, 1945-1960Rijn, Guido van | Book | FIU Green LibraryYonder come the blues : the evolution of a genreOliver, Paul | Book | FIU Green Library
Festival Recordings
Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival, 1972Taylor, Hound Dog | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageOld time music at NewportWatson, Doc | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and Image
Folk Tradition and Revival
American folk music and left-wing politics, 1927-1957Reuss, Richard A | Book | FIU Green LibraryAmerican folksay ballads and dances, vol. I & IIHawes, Bess Lomax | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageBig road blues : tradition and creativity in the folk bluesEvans, David | Book | FIU Green LibraryDoc WatsonWatson, Doc | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageDoc Watson on stageWatson, Doc | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageFinal fling : one last time (just for kicks)Flatt, Lester | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageThe folk songs of North America, in the English language.Lomax, Alan | Book | FIU Green LibraryJack ElliottElliott, Jack | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageNegro folk music, U.S.A.Courlander, Harold | Book | FIU Green LibrarySouthboundWatson, Doc | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageWhen we were good : the folk revivalCantwell, Robert | Book | FIU Green Library
Jazz, Early Recording, and Broad History
American epicMacMahon, Bernard | Audiovisual | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageAmerican epicMacMahon, Bernard | Audiovisual | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageBlack popular music in America : from the spirituals, minstrels, and ragtime to soul, disco, and hip-hopShaw, Arnold | Book | FIU Green LibraryMister Jelly Roll; the fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and inventor of jazz.Lomax, Alan | Book | FIU Green Library
Lomax and Field Recording
Adventures of a ballad hunter.Lomax, John A | Book | FIU Green LibraryAlan Lomax, assistant in charge : the Library of Congress letters, 1935-1945Lomax, Alan | Book | FIU Green Library
Reference Works
The Cambridge companion to blues and gospel musicMoore, Allan F | Book | FIU Green LibraryEncyclopedia of the bluesHerzhaft, Gérard | Book | FIU Green LibraryFolk and blues : the encyclopediaStambler, Irwin | Book | FIU Green Library
Regional Blues and Revival
Beale black & blue : life and music on black America's main streetMcKee, Margaret | Book | FIU Green LibraryBlues music in the sixties : a story in Black and WhiteAdelt, Ulrich | Book | FIU Green LibraryChicago, the blues, today, volume 1Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageThe roots of the bluesHemphill, Rose | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageThey sang the bluesAnderson, Jelly Roll | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and Image
Woody Guthrie
Born to winGuthrie, Woody | Book | FIU Green LibraryThe greatest songs of Woody GuthrieGuthrie, Woody | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageHard travelin' : the life and legacy of Woody GuthrieDavidson, Emily | Book | FIU Green LibraryHouse of earth : a novelGuthrie, Woody | Book | FIU Green LibraryPastures of plenty : a self-portraitGuthrie, Woody | Book | FIU Green LibraryA race of singers : Whitman's working-class hero from Guthrie to SpringsteenGarman, Bryan K | Book | FIU Green LibraryWoody GuthrieGuthrie, Woody | Sound Recording | FIU Green Lib Sound and ImageWoody Guthrie : art worksGuthrie, Woody | Book | FIU Green LibraryWoody Guthrie and the dust bowl balladsHayes, Nick | Book | FIU Green Library