Stress over holiday shopping and life in general? Join us for a night under the stars and relax with good music and good company. Take a moment out of your hectic schedule to wind down while listening to the live performance of professional blues musician Bodie Valdez under the starry sky of Mann-Wagnon Park. While […]
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Have Blues, Will Travel: Traveling Blues Musicians in the Jim Crow Era
Because Black artists were not paid royalties on their songs in the way white musicians were, touring was among the only ways to make money from their music. However, traveling as a Black person, especially in the American South, was incredibly dangerous. On the road, travelers were faced with segregation laws everywhere. There was intense […]