The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Blues
David Evans has been a Professor of Music at the University of Memphis since 1978. He directs the ethnomusicology Ph.D. program, the only such program with a specific specialization in southern U.S. folk and popular music. A blues researcher, he has been honored with a 2003 Grammy Award for his album notes toScreamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton.