This year marks the 35th anniversary of "Somethin' Gotta Be Arranged," a film about Rhode Island country-blues guitarist Paul Geremia, created as a student project by Geoff Adams.
I recently interviewed Geoff about the film and it…
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May 31 2018
One Blues Indivisible, Invisible Man, and Invisible Theology
M Cooper Harriss and I often have great discussions about the intersections of race and literature and music. Many of those conversations are over beer and wine in pubs and living rooms, but we have been fortunate enough to capture…
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Apr 3 2018
I'm Just Going Down the Road to See Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith was the featured artist on my March 2, 2018, Blue Monday radio show on WFHB. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, about 1894, Bessie played on the street with her brother and then joined the Ma Rainey traveling show sometime…
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Feb 24 2018
Jimmy Reed and the Casa Linda Lowlife
The featured artist for my WFHB Blue Monday DJ slot on Monday, February, 12, 2018, was Jimmy Reed, the deeply influential Mississippi-Chicago bluesman, who was born in 1925 in the Delta and died in California in 1976. Reed was…
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