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Documenting the Blues

BBC Radio 3
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In the fifth of eight programmes Paul Oliver discusses a neglected form of the blues called hokum. Many African-American singers in the twenties and thirties expressed their feelings of melancholy or repression through the music and lyrics of the blues, but hokum depended on parody and humour to meet the needs of migrants to the cities. Repeated Friday 12.30am

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Paul Oliver
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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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