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A memoir by the pioneering folklorist about his travels in the South, especially in the Delta, where...

Full color poster shows the birth sites of blues musicians throughout the Delta and Mississippi...

The only known existing photo of Charley Patton, the first Delta bues recording "star", dressed...

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Meet the characters who created what James C. Cobb called "the most southern place on earth."

This lively guide is a comprehensive tour of Mississippi's many blues stes: juke joints, gravesites, and...

3-CD, 80-track anthology includes classics "Moanin’ in the Moonlight,” "Smokestack Lightning,” "Sitting on Top of the World,” "Spoonful,” and "Red Rooster.”

60 full color photos of iconic Delta juke joints in hardback book

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Anthology of classics by the blues legend in 4-CD set

Taking into account evidence that conflicts sharply with the well-worn fable of Son House, Daniel Beaumont illuminates the obscurity of House's...

Revised version of the Grammy-winning 1990 box set, with remastered sound to...

A new history of the blues, from its beginnings in the Mississippi Delta to its global impact on today's music.  Gioia creates...

Muddywood Guitar Poster which features "holographic" printing...

Rich soil, wealthy planters, extreme poverty, and prolific creativity - that's the Mississippi Delta, birthplace...

Explores the life and times of Delta blues legends

A colorful history of “Big Muddy” culture in the 19th century

The epic life and musical times of Muddy Waters, recorded through vivid writing in Robert Gordon's...

Stories about blues artists who stayed and played in the Delta

Definitive biography of the blues legend.

Boogie Man is a thorough documentary account of the life and work of the legendary blues-man John Lee Hooker, but it is also something more...

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A deep dive into the music and culture of early blues and jazz

The Language of the Blues - now back in print! "One of the wittiest, bawdiest, most fascinating dictionaries ever." The Language of the Blues, by Debra Devi, explains more than 150 blues terms. From familiar words like "mojo" to more obscure...

Coahoma County made Clarksdale the "Golden Buckle on the Cotton Belt."

The biography of one of the most influential figures in the blues revival of the 1960s.

Colorful portrait of Bessie Smith, “The Empress of the Blues” by artist Grego Anderson.

The story of the five million African-Americans who moved from the Deep South to the urban North in...

Khaki cap with The River and the Road to the Blues logo

The story of a legendary rblues ecord label in Jackson MS.