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Blues
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Blue Highway (TBH) 
 The Blue Highway contains brief profiles of 20 blues greats (with RealAudio and WAV sound clips), and over 25 essays. This searchable site also includes news, a message board, the Muddy's Cabin chat room, a browsable list of international radio programs, and a comprehensive collection of Blues Links , including real-time and archived blues radio broadcasts (RealAudio). http://www.thebluehighway.com/ Topics: Musical Genres Last updated Oct 18, 2000 Bo Diddley - The Originator
This site features comprehensive information on the innovative guitar player born Ellas Bates (on adoption became Ellas McDaniel). Contains a biography; news; concert information; movie, TV, and radio appearances; a chat room and forum; a discography; lyrics; and links. Also includes information on musicians who have played with the blues artist, including maraca player Jerome Green and sidekick Lady Bo. See the mean machine section for information on Diddley's famous square-shaped guitar. Searchable. http://members.tripod.com/~Originator_2/ Topics: Musical Genres, Musicians Last updated Nov 13, 2008 Chicago Jazz Archive
Directory of links to institutions that have jazz and blues collections. Also includes archives and collections outside the United States. From the Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago. http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/cja/jazzarch.html Topics: Musical Genres Last updated Jul 16, 2006 Document Records
This commercial site features a database of citations of early African American classic and vintage blues, jazz, boogie-woogie, gospel, spirituals, ballads, work songs, and country music. Information includes album covers and song titles, and often a brief profile of the performers and audio clips. http://www.document-records.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Internet, Music, Musical Genres Last updated Jan 11, 2007 Gayle Dean Wardlow: America's foremost blues researcher
Contains interviews of and articles by Mississippi Delta Blues researcher and record collector Gayle Dean Wardlow. An excellent source for information on blues music and the record industry during the 1920s and 1930s. Also includes information on "talent broker" H.C. Spear, who "discovered" blues musicians Charlie Patton, Skip James, and Tommy Johnson. http://www.bluesworld.com/WARDLOW.html Topics: Music, Musical Genres, Musicians Last updated Jun 26, 2001 Honky Tonks, Hymns & the Blues
Companion site to a 2003 National Public Radio (NPR) program that "highlights American musical traditions" and features "historic performances, rare archive tape, and interviews with artists." Covers topics such as the role of women in country music, racial issues, the fiddle, and accordion legends. Includes program overviews, audio clips from the shows, images, a bibliography and discography, and related links. Searchable. http://www.honkytonks.org/ Topics: Musical Genres, Musical Instruments, Musicians Last updated Jan 13, 2004 Johnny Otis World!
Here you can find a biography, photos, and artwork of the Greek-American jump blues musician born John Veliotes in Vallejo, California. http://www.johnnyotisworld.com/ Topics: Musical Genres Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Knights In Blue Denim
A Swedish site covering "British Blues from the 60's onwards roughly up to and including 2001/2002 although updates DO occur!" An enthusiast's views on venues, bands, and instruments. http://www.fridhammar.com/london.html Topics: Musical Genres Last updated Apr 18, 2007 Let It Resound: Sheet Music in the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection
Exhibit of sheet music from the genres of minstrelsy (1830s to 1900s), concert spirituals (1890s to 1940s), ragtime and black musical theater (1890s to 1920s), blues and jazz (1910s to 1950s), and R&B and soul (1950s to 1970s). Includes annotated images of covers and background about selected composers and performers. From the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/LetItResound/ Topics: Black Resources, Musical Genres Last updated Dec 22, 2008 The Official Muddy Waters Website
Includes a biography; a list of awards; a discography and photos (see Muddy Art ); Sound Bytes by Bob Margolin, a member of Muddy's touring band; and a complete and browsable Song List (including "Rollin' Stone") of the pioneer blues musician (born McKinley Morganfield). http://www.muddywaters.com/ Topics: Musical Genres, Musicians Last updated Jun 21, 2002 Shades of Blue
Started in 1997, this site is intended "to function as a useful introduction for any newcomer to the music. To that end it still almost exclusively focuses on well-known or mainstream performers." Find information on rhythm and blues artists, labels, a list of recommended books, reviews and editorials, suggestions for a starter CD collection, audio clips, discussion forums, news, and a directory of annotated links. Searchable. From a British R&B enthusiast. http://www.rhythmandtheblues.org.uk/ Topics: Musical Genres, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jun 14, 2008 Trail of the Hellhound: Delta Blues in the Lower Mississippi Valley
This site "provides an overview of two distinct styles of blues [Delta and Memphis Blues] practiced in the Lower Mississippi Valley, extensive biographies of the region's greatest blues musicians [including Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, and Skip James], and pictures and descriptions of sites to visit." Includes audio and video clips. From the National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/delta/blues/ Topics: History, Music, Musical Genres, Musicians Last updated Jun 20, 2007 |
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