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Synopsis

Spirited takes on a blues powerhouse and his legacy

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert Sacré (1938-2021) worked in Africa in the 1960s and '70s, where he took an interest in Western African music and the roots of African American music. He taught the "Story of African American Music & Literature" at the University of Liege. He conducted field trips nearly every year since 1975 to the US, researching blues, R&B, black gospel, and folk styles. He is author of articles in journals of musicology, entries in blues and gospel encyclopedias, and books for many publishers in America and abroad. William R. Ferris is the Joel R. Williamson Eminent Professor of History Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the senior associate director emeritus of its Center for the Study of the American South. The former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (1997-2001), Ferris has written or edited ten books, created fifteen documentary films, and his most recent work Voices of Mississippi won two Grammy Awards for Best Liner Notes and for Best Historical Album in 2019.

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