Journeyman's Road Modern Blues Lives from Faulkner's Mississippi to Post-9/11 New York |
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| Author:
| Gussow, Adam |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57233-569-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2007 |
| Publisher: | University of Tennessee Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Journeyman's Road offers a bold new vision of where the blues have been in the course of the twentieth century and what they have become at the dawn of the new millennium: a world music rippling with postmodern contradictions. Author Adam Gussow brings a unique perspective to this exploration. Not just an award-winning scholar and memoirist, he is an accomplished blues harmonica player, a Handy award nominee and veteran of the international club and festival circuit. With this...
More DescriptionJourneyman's Road offers a bold new vision of where the blues have been in the course of the twentieth century and what they have become at the dawn of the new millennium: a world music rippling with postmodern contradictions. Author Adam Gussow brings a unique perspective to this exploration. Not just an award-winning scholar and memoirist, he is an accomplished blues harmonica player, a Handy award nominee and veteran of the international club and festival circuit. With this unusual depth of experience, Gussow skillfully places blues literature in dialogue with the music that provokes it, vibrantly articulating a vital American tradition.