Fictional Blues

Unpacks the figure of the blues performer, moving from early singers such as Ma Rainey and Big Mama Thornton to contemporary musicians such as Amy Winehouse and Jack White to reveal that blues makers have long used their songs, performances, interviews, and writings to invent personas that resist racial, social, economic, and gendered oppression.

Dezvaluie figura interpretului de blues, trecand de la cantareti timpurii precum Ma Rainey si Big Mama Thornton la muzicieni contemporani precum Amy Winehouse si Jack White, pentru a dezvalui ca creatorii de blues si-au folosit de mult cantecele, spectacolele, interviurile si scrierile pentru a inventa personaje. care rezista opresiunii rasiale, sociale, economice si de gen.