Songsters and Saints: Vocal Traditions on Race Records

by Paul Oliver

In this innovatory book the celebrated writer on the blues, Paul Oliver, rediscovers the wealth of neglected vocal traditions presented on Race records. When blues first reached a large audience it was through the 'Race records' issued specifically for black purchasers in the 1920s. Blues South have been extensively discussed by many writers. Paul Oliver shows that this emphasis has drawn attention away from the other important vocal traditions also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521269423
• ISBN13: 9780521269421
• Release Date: October 1984
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"