Retelling the History of Black Music: The Beautiful Music All Around John Work III

By Mark Reynolds

Work recorded the soundtrack of people’s lives, and captured the earliest stirrings of much of the music we’ve enjoyed since World War II. [8 August 2008]

(more Negritude 2.0)

It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955)

By Mike Ward

The mind of man had thought of everything -- except that which was beyond his comprehension!" [5 May 2003]

Can’t Be Satisfied. The Life and Times of Muddy Waters by Robert Gordon

By David Sanjek

Gordon brings to his subject a fan's admiration for the music without abandoning a historian's dedication to detail. His language is rich and evocative, particularly when he conjures up the sound of one of Muddy's most famous works. [27 June 2002]