"Vom Mississippi zum Mainstream: Robert Johnson und die Erfindung des Blues" von Elijah Wald ist eine umfassende Untersuchung über das Leben und die Musik von Robert Johnson, einem der einflussreichsten Blues-Musiker des 20....

One of the music world's pre-eminent critics takes a fresh and much-needed look at the day Dylan "went electric” at the Newport Folk Festival, timed to coincide with the event's fiftieth anniversary.On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob...

In Talking About Your Mama, Elijah Wald has turned his attention to the deep roots of rap in American culture with a wide-ranging look a street tradition called "the dozens," where African American music began. Wald traces the form and...