A Blues Bibliography: Second Edition:
- ISBN-10
- 1351398482
- ISBN-13
- 9781351398480
- Series
- A Blues Bibliography
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 456
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-09-02
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Robert Ford
Description
This book provides a sequel to Robert Ford's comprehensive reference work A Blues Bibliography, the second edition of which was published in 2007. Bringing Ford's bibliography of resources up to date, this volume covers works published since 2005, complementing the first volume by extending coverage through twelve years of new publications. As in the previous volume, this work includes entries on the history and background of the blues, instruments, record labels, reference sources, regional variations, and lyric transcriptions and musical analysis. With extensive listings of print and online articles in scholarly and trade journals, books, and recordings, this bibliography offers the most thorough resource for all researchers studying the blues.
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Other editions
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- 1999
- 800 pages
- Paperback
- Paul Pelletier
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