Blues from the Mississippi Delta (1963)
This album is an early endeavor at celebrating the Delta blues as a genre, history, and chronicle of Black experience in the American south. Side
Looks Like Rain (1969)
[...] Looks Like Rain, a melancholic masterpiece that presents itself as a concept album in all but name. Country music had long been the terrain of
A New Perspective (1963)
This unusual set was one of the most successful uses of a gospel choir in a jazz context. Trumpeter Donald Byrd and a septet that
Folksinger (1962)
Folksinger in many ways is a brave attempt at bridging the racial divide, but I'm pretty sure that was not Dave Van Ronk&
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
We're switching things up a bit this week. A few weeks ago, I went down a '60s rabbit hole and figured I&