Related Links

Interested in more information on some of the issues discussed in the documentary? We recommend you consult the following:

WBUR sites:

The Connection: Strange Fruit
A discussion with David Margolick, author, Strange Fruit : Billie Holiday, Cafe Society, and an Early Cry for Civil Rights. http://www.theconnection.org/archive/2000/05/0526b.php

The Connection: Klezmer Music with the band Klezperanto
Meet the new sound of Klezmer music. http://www.theconnection.org/archive/2000/12/1214b.php

Here and Now: A Right to Sing The Blues
A conversation with Jeffery Melnick author of "A Right To Sing The Blues: African-Americans, Jews, And American Popular Song."
http://www.here-now.org/topics/_arts/al_010522.php

wbur.org: Hotter Than That
The Unsung Blues Legend, Lonnie Johnson.
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbur/arts/music/jazz/article/159.html

wbur.org: Founding Mothers
Jazz was built on the blues, but the blues didn't exactly go away.
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbur/arts/music/jazz/article/300.html

wbur.org: Klezmer music finally reaches its popular audience
Review of the CD: Klezmer! -Jewish Music from Old World to Our World
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbur/arts/music/classical/article/68.html

Archive of Blues features on wbur.org:
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbur/search/arts?keywords=Blues&search=Go

Archive of Jazz features on wbur.org:
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbur/search/arts?keywords=Jazz&search=Go

External sites:

Jewish Culture & Music:

Jewish Music in Eastern Europe - Resources for playing and research
http://www.dinayekapelye.com/JMmain.htm

Friend of the Penn Library - Freedman Yiddish Music Archive
http://www.library.upenn.edu/friends/freed/

Map of The Pales of the Settlement
http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/beyond-the-pale/eng_captions/29-9.html

African American Culture & Music:

African Influence in the Development of American Music
http://www.gse.uci.edu/Lessons/blues.html

The Blue Highway
http://www.thebluehighway.com/

Timelines/Chronologies:

A Big Bands Chronology
http://64.33.34.112/.WWW/timeline.html

Jazz Roots
http://www.jass.com/ejazz.html

Chronology of Blues on Record http://www.earlyblues.com/chronology_of_blues_on_record.htm