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The Rough Guide To Holy BluesFrom the extraordinary recordings of the true guitar evangelists Blind Willie Johnson and Reverend Gary Davis to classic spiritual renditions by legendary bluesmen Charley Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Skip James, this handpicked selection highlights the mutual influence between Gospel and blues. At first glance, the musical genres of gospel and blues have little in common, with one calling to mind spiritual joy and hope in a higher power and the

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His exquisite song writing is delivered with a distinctive voice

a picture of Belle époque Buenos Aires and of tango's golden age

a small village in the Tombouctou region of Mali

Ramzi Aburedwan only began to play music in his late teens and is now a world-class solo musician and leader of the Palestine National Ensemble of Arabic Music

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and on this Rough Guide his slide guitar technique sparkles and fizzes out across the texture like never before

The sublime harmonica player Jaybird Coleman was another who worked the minstrel shows and proved that country blues wasn't just about the guitar

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