Music writer
Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka is credited on Blues People. The catalog entry describes the work and links to its edition record.
On the shelves
Books in the collection
Music history
Blues People
Amiri Baraka
Baraka reads changes in Black music alongside changes in work, migration, and social life.
From the Lyric
Continue the story
Reading notes / 01
Lyric Unplugged
A listening companion on Southern soul, jazz, and the spaces where musicians perform.
Read Lyric UnpluggedReading notes / 02
The House Rockers
Kentucky rhythm and blues in the wider history of regional bands, touring, and recording.
Read The House Rockers