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Before the Blues

on BBC Radio 3

A series of eight programmes, in which Paul Oliver looks at the origins of Black American blues music, and at the kinds of music which preceded it. 2:Echoes of Africa
The African inheritance and the question of the survival of African elements in the blues, with records of the YOUNG FAMILY and FRED MCDOWELL from
Mississippi, plus Paul Oliver 's own recordings of African tribes. Mono

Contributors

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Paul Oliver
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Fred McDowell
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Paul Oliver

BBC Radio 3

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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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