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Shirley is a time traveller a conduit for essential human aches one of the greatest artists who ever lived Stewart Lee
Without doubt one of Englands greatest cultural treasures Billy Bragg
In America Over the Water celebrated English folksinger Shirley Collins offers an affecting account of her yearlong stint as assistant to legendary musical historian and folklorist Alan Lomax Together they travelled to Virginia Kentucky Alabama Mississippi Arkansas and Georgia discovering Mississippi Fred McDowell and many others in their tireless work to uncover the traditional music of Americas heartland
Blending the personal story of Shirley Collins relationship with Lomax and offering a unique firsthand account of a country on the brink of the civil rights era America Over the Water cuts right to the heart of the blues in a fascinating account of Collins and Lomaxs groundbreaking journey across the southern states of the USA to record the music that started it all
Originally published over fifteen years ago this definitive edition includes a new introduction by Shirley Collins
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