Record #:

25665

Author(s):

Nathe, Margarite

Abstract:

Bill Ferris is a UNC professor of history and folklorist who records stories and blues music ranging from everyday black farmers and churchgoers to blues masters such as B.B. King and Willie Dixon. Ferris is particularly interested in the meaning of blues music and how it is used to tell stories and bring African American communities together.

Source:

Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 26 Issue 1, Fall 2009, p41-47, il, por

Subject(s):

Blues musicians; Folk music--African Americans; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill