Roots and blues
Subtitle: a celebration
By: by Arnold Adoff ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
Contributors: Christie, Gregory, 1971- ill.
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780547235547
Subjects: Novels in verse; Blues (Music) -- Fiction; African Americans -- Music -- Fiction; Music -- History and criticism -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: Lyrical text explores how the blues have been part of everyday life throughout history, from its origins in the sounds of the earth, through slaves' voices singing of freedom, to today's greatest performers--and listeners.