Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s
Throughout the 1920s, in tents, theaters, dance halls and cabarets, and on "race" records, black American women captivated large audiences with their singing of the blues. "Harrison examines the subjects and texts of their songs, the toll these performers paid for their right to be heard, and what they did to transform a folk tradition into a popular art," said PW.Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.