Dr. Curtis Rogers interviews Clair DeLune, author of South Carolina Blues. The history of South Carolina blues is a long, deep—and sometimes painful—story. However, it is a narrative with aspects as compelling as the music itself. Geographical differences in America led to variations in the styles of music that developed from African rhythms. The wet, marshy landscape and hot, muggy weather of the Carolina Lowcountry combined to cultivate not only rice, but a Gullah-based style of South Carolina blues. In drier climates, toward the Midlands and the Upstate, the combination of European influences led to the emergence of Piedmont blues, which in turn spawned country music as well as bluegrass. Those same Gullah roots resulted in four major dance crazes, starting with the Charleston.
Links:
Sharks in the Shallows with Clay Creswell - Episode 142
The Cheese Biscuit Queen Tells All with Mary Martha Greene - Episode 141
The Growing Season with Sarah Frey - Episode 140
The South Carolina State House Grounds with Dr. Lydia Mattice Brandt - Episode 139
Live at Jackson Station with Dan Harrison - Episode 138
National Poetry Month 2021 with Ed Madden and Ann Humphries - Episode 137
BibliObservatory – Pascale Louis-Jean - Episode 16
BibliObservatory – Pascale Louis-Jean - Episode 16 Bonus (Creole and English)
South Carolina Digital Library, Part 3 - Episode 136
South Carolina Digital Library, Part 2 - Episode 135
South Carolina Digital Library, Part 1 - Episode 134
BibliObservatory - Gigi Towers - Episode 15
BibliObservatorio - Gigi Towers - Ep 15 - Español
Call My Name, Clemson with Dr. Rhondda Thomas - Episode 133
From Our Collection - Children's Books - Episode 132
The NEDCC with Sean Ferguson - Episode 131
BibliObservatory - Ellen Stringer - Episode 14
101 African Americans Who Shaped South Carolina - Dr. Bernie Powers - Episode 130
From Our Collection: Cookbooks - Episode 129
BibliObservatory Episode 13 (Catawba and Spanish)
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