Wald, Elijah

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Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories

An insightful explication of how some blues songs were hidden and censored, with a revelatory oral history.
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Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties

Anyone interested in Dylan, folk music, or rock and roll will adore this volume. It might not resolve the questions of what really happened in Newport in 1965, but it comes very close.
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Talking 'Bout Your Mama: The Dozens, Snaps, and the Deep Roots of Rap

Wald finds a particularly potent source of rap in the inventive insult game "the dozens" and traces its influences back to African ceremonial rituals...
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The Dozens

Harking back to 2 Live Crew and gangsta rap, this book-length study of sexualized insults makes for colorful reading and will appeal especially to anyone interested in forms of cultural expression that are considered obscene or subject to censorship.
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