Black country, folk and blues musicians have always been vital to the genres' very American, very long legacies. The ...

But the vast majority of African American recording artists, especially blues and gospel singers, sold almost entirely within the black community. If there hadn't been race records, much of this ...

“Blues People” tracked “the path the slave ... in the consciousness of a lot of African American activists and artists to Black Power,” Tillet explains. “(Baraka) is a symbol in the ...

But the vast majority of African American recording artists, especially blues and gospel singers, sold almost entirely within the black community. If there hadn't been race records, much of this ...