Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of a young lady taking a promenade, as a cherubim touches a blue bow in her hair; text reads: ""Supplement to the Newark Sunday News, June 9th, 1901""
Blues singer and guitarist Big Bill Broonzy (1893-1958) was a major figure in Chicago in the 1930s and '40s and brought his music to European audiences in the early 1950s. Alan Lomax, who held Broonzy in high esteem, as did many of his colleagues,...