Music in Memphis
The Mid-South city built on a Mississippi River bluff, Memphis sits at the confluence of extraordinary musical streams: Anglo-Celtic upcountry song styles, fiddle bands, and gospel harmonies mingled with Delta blues, African American congregational and quartet singing, and jazz up from New Orleans....
Main Author: | Allen Tullos |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
2004-03-01
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Series: | Southern Spaces |
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Online Access: | https://southernspaces.org/node/42683 |
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