The Blues as Black Sonic Folklore Pt. 2 – Hard Ground & High Water

The Blues as Black Sonic Folklore: Part 2:"Hard Ground and High Water: The Blues of Survival and Struggle"We continue our Black Music Month series by diving into the Blues as a witness to environmental crisis and class struggle.Featuring music by Bessie Smith, Charley Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Lead Belly, we explore how songs about flood, drought, and urban segregation serve as time capsules, preserving Black ecological, economic, and emotional history through sound. These are more than Blues, they are survival songs, testimonies of people shaped by both nature and the systems that fail them.

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The Blues as Black Sonic Folklore Pt. 2 – Hard Ground & High Water is an episode from Jack Dappa Blues Podcast by Jack Dappa Blues.

This episode is 01:50:16 long.

This episode was published on Jun 2, 2025.

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