Piedmont Blues
Season 200 Episode 204 | 26m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
Host David Holt talks to the talented array of artists who keeping f Piedmont Blues.alive.
In the mid-1920s, a form of guitar music evolved from African-American culture that echoed the soul and personality of African-American life. The style evolved from "rags," played with banjos, fiddles and percussion. an energetic voice emerged that began to sweep through the Southeast, and it was called Carolina blues, or Piedmont blues.
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Piedmont Blues
Season 200 Episode 204 | 26m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
In the mid-1920s, a form of guitar music evolved from African-American culture that echoed the soul and personality of African-American life. The style evolved from "rags," played with banjos, fiddles and percussion. an energetic voice emerged that began to sweep through the Southeast, and it was called Carolina blues, or Piedmont blues.
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