Country Blues With David Evans
The Baltimore Blues Society presents a performance by Dr. David Evans, ethnomusicologist and noted author. Evans has been performing country blues (vocal and guitar) since 1962, having learned directly from many Southern blues musicians of an older generation. Much of this learning was gained in the course of field research on the country blues tradition, beginning in 1965. Evans is Professor of Music Emeritus at the University of Memphis and has taught on a visiting basis at the University of Mississippi and at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. He is the author of Tommy Johnson (1971), Big Road Blues: Tradition and Creativity in the Folk Blues (1982), The NPR Curious Listener’s Guide to Blues (2005) and Going Up the Country: Adventures in Blues Fieldwork in the 1960s (2022, co-authored with Marina Bokelman), along with many other publications. He has produced over 50 LPs and CDs of his field and studio recordings of blues, gospel and folk music, and he has won two Grammy Awards for “Best Album Notes.”
- Event Date
- Monday, May 13, 2024
- Event Time
- 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.
- Event Type
- Performances and Receptions
- Age Group
- All Ages
- Location
- Towson