Devil at the Confluence: Podcast on the Pre-War Blues in St. Louis

Art by Kevin Belford

Art by Kevin Belford

On September 10, Fred Friction (host of 88.1 FM’s Fishing With Dynamite) and author and artist Kevin Belford discussed Belford’s book, Devil at the Confluence: The Pre-War Blues Music of St. Louis, Missouri, recently published by Virginia Publishing. The wide-ranging and entertaining conversation covers the role of the river city in the blues, myths and legends of the music, and the many transformations of murder ballads, as well as featuring music by Pops Farrar and the Rum Drum Ramblers.

Download a shorter, edited-for-podcast version of the program below, or stream the whole two-hour episode for the next two weeks at KDHX.org.

Devil at the Confluence: Fred Friction and Kevin Belford on the Pre-War Blues in St. Louis

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Posted by | September 13, 2009 | Local, Music | Comment 

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