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Meaning in the Blues

BBC Radio 3
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Paul Oliver considers what blues composed about natural disasters reveal about the relationship between the singers and their audiences. With records by Bessie Smith , Charlie Patten , Lonnie Johnson and Josh White. Mono

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Paul Oliver
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Bessie Smith
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Charlie Patten
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Lonnie Johnson
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Josh White.
Source: Radio Times

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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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