Evolution of the Blues

Tuesday, January 23rd @ 7:00 PM

Joe Becton will sing and play guitar and harmonica as he takes participants on a walk through American history and music from Frank Johnson to John Coltrane. He traces the styles of music developed by Africans in America and the collision of cultures that created the music we call gospel, jazz and blues.

This presentation is a program of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, supported in part with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds administered by the office of Commonwealth Libraries.