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Retelling the History of Black Music: Everything You Know about the Blues Is Wrong

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A friend has sent you the following article from PopMatters.com Column: Retelling the History of Black Music: Everything You Know about the Blues Is Wrong by Mark Reynolds 03 July 2008 For the most part, blacks were not involved in the heroic work of rescuing the black acoustic blues legacy from the passage of time. Link: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/retelling-the-history-of-black-music-everything-you-know-about-the-blues-is/ PopMatters Popular Voices, Cultural Matters http://www.popmatters.com/

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