"I went to Africa to find the roots of the blues." So Samuel Charters begins the extraordinary story of his research...... more

, Samuel Charters has chosen twelve major bluesmen, each whom represents a major facet of the blues, and has written about them...... more

From the field cries and work chants of Southern Negroes emerged a rich and vital music called the c... more

Samuel Charters belongs to a small group of writers about music whose work has transformed their -subject--without his...... more

In the summer of 1958, jazz and blues historian Samuel Charters traveled with Ann Danberg to Andros, a remote island...... more

"Poet, novelist and musicologist Samuel Charters steps on nobody’s blue suede shoes in this novella, which consists of...... more