This book presents a biography of American blues singer and guitarist Eddie James “Son” House, Jr. (1902–1988). House pioneered an innovative style, incorporating strong repetitive rhythms with ...elements of southern gospel and spiritual vocals. A seminal figure in the history of the Delta blues, he was an important, direct influence on such figures as Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson. The landscape of Son House's life and the vicissitudes he endured make for an absorbing narrative, threaded through with a tension between House's religious beliefs and his spells of commitment to a lifestyle that implicitly rejected it. Drinking, womanizing, and singing the blues caused this tension that is palpable in his music, and becomes explicit in one of his finest performances, “Preachin' the Blues.” Large parts of House's life are obscure, not least because his own accounts of them were inconsistent. The book offers a chronology/topography of House's youth, and illuminates the obscurity of House's two decades in Rochester, NY. It gives a detailed and perceptive account of House's primary musical legacy: his recordings for Paramount in 1930 and for the Library of Congress in 1941–42. The book utilizes connections among the many scattered facts and fictions with new information about a rumored murder in Mississippi, and a charge of manslaughter on Long Island—incidents which bring tragic light upon House's lifelong struggles and self-imposed disappearance, and give trenchant meaning to the moving music of this early blues legend.
POSTNATAL BLUES: A MIRAGE OR REALITY Okunola, Temitope Omoladun; Awoleke, Jacob Olumuyiwa; Olofinbiyi, Babatunde ...
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•Postpartum blues is real and prevalent among Nigerian women.•Postpartum blues affects almost half of women following delivery.•Associated factors are female baby, preterm delivery, postpartum ...complications and average annual family income.
Postpartum blues usually connotes a brief psychological disturbance in mood within few days of delivery. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of postnatal blues and associated risk factors in a population of Nigerian women.
We performed a cross-sectional study involving 292 parturients on third day of the delivery in our center between April 2019 and August 2019. Postnatal blues was assessed with Kennerly and Gath Blues questionnaire and a mean score of greater than 7 was taken as cut-off. They also completed Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) questionnaires. Socio-demographic characteristics were also obtained.
The prevalence of postnatal blues was 45.5%. Postnatal blues was associated with birth of a female baby (50% compared with 40%, adjusted OR 2.37 95% CI 1.29–4.31, p = 0.005), preterm delivery (66.7% compared with 42.6%, adjusted OR 3.79 95% CI 1.54–9.31, p = 0.004); and puerperal complications. (58.3% compared with 44.4%, adjusted OR 5.25 95% CI 1.71–16.07) and average annual family income (p < 0.001).
Postnatal blues is real and prevalent among Nigerian women. Healthcare providers should endeavor to be vigilant in order to diagnose postnatal blues promptly and do the necessary follow up.
BACKGROUND: Adolescent marriage in Indonesia is very high, this will have an impact on the psychological aspects of adolescents. Postpartum psychological disorders of adolescent mothers are ...postpartum blues. AIM: The study aimed to identify factors related to the incidence of postpartum blues in adolescent mothers. METHODS: This quantitative study used a cross-sectional method involving 90 respondents taken by consecutive sampling. Research sites in Bandung City Special Hospital for Mothers and Children and Al-Ihsan Regional Public Hospital, Bandung District. This research was conducted from May to September 2019. Data collection instruments in this study use the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale. Pregnancy planning uses the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy questionnaire. Social support uses a postpartum support system and a family coping questionnaire. The last questionnaire is the psychosocial condition of the mother Postpartum Postnatal Risk Questionnaire. Multivariate analysis using logistic regression tests to determine the factors most related to the incidence of postpartum blues in adolescent mothers. RESULTS: The results showed that there were 44.4% of adolescent mothers experience postpartum blues. There was a significant relationship between social support and the incidence of postpartum blues (p = 0.001; odds ratio OR 11,777; 95% confidence interval CI = 3604–109,534) and home living also had a significant relationship with the incidence of postpartum blues (p = 0.002; OR = 9,653; 95% CI = 0.001–0.225). A negative B value at the home living indicated that home living is a preventative factor for postpartum blues in adolescent mothers. CONCLUSIONS: Postpartum blues are influenced by social support, psychosocial conditions, and pregnancy planning. Adolescent mothers need to get attention, especially from their husbands and families during the period of puerperium.
At a crossroads in the Mississippi Delta, Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the Devil so that he could become a guitar virtuoso and King of the Delta Blues. Blues Traveling: The Holy ...Sites of Delta Blues will tell you where that legendary deal was supposed to have been made and guide you to all the other hallowed grounds that nourished Mississippi's signature music. Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Memphis Minnie, Jimmie Rodgers, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, Little Milton, Elvis Presley, Bobby Rush, Junior Kimbrough, R. L. Burnside-the list of great artists with Mississippi connections goes on and on. A trip through Mississippi blues sites is a pilgrimage every music lover ought to make at least once in a lifetime, to see the juke joints and churches, to visit the birthplaces and graves of blues greats, to walk down the dusty roads and over the levee, to eat some barbecue and greens, to sit on the bank of the Mississippi River, and to hear some down-home blues music. Blues Traveling is the first and only guidebook to Mississippi's musical places and blues history. With photographs, maps, easy-to-follow directions, and an informative, entertaining text, this book will lead you in and out of Clarksdale, Greenwood, Helena (Arkansas), Rolling Fork, Jackson, Natchez, Bentonia, Rosedale, Itta Bena, and dozens of other locales that generations of blues musicians have lived in, traveled through, and sung about. Stories, legends, and lyrics are woven into the text so that each backroad and barroom comes alive. Touring Mississippi with Blues Traveling is like having a knowledgeable and entertaining guide at your side. Even people with no immediate plans to visit Mississippi will enjoy reading the book for its photos, descriptions, and lore that will broaden their understanding and enhance
their appreciation of the blues. Steve Cheseborough is an independent scholar and blues musician. His work has been published in Living Blues , Blues Access , Mississippi , and the Southern Register.
Over the course of his long career, legendary bluesman William "Big Bill" Broonzy (1893-1958) helped shape the trajectory of the genre, from its roots in the rural Mississippi River Delta, through ...its rise as a popular genre in the North, to its eventual international acclaim. Along the way, Broonzy adopted an evolving personal and professional identity, tailoring his self-presentation to the demands of the place and time. His remarkable professional fluidity mirrored the range of expectations from his audiences, whose ideas about race, national belonging, identity, and the blues were refracted through Broonzy as if through a prism. Kevin D. Greene argues that Broonzy's popular success testifies to his ability to navigate the cultural expectations of his different audiences. However, this constant reinvention came at a personal and professional cost. Using Broonzy's multifaceted career, Greene situates blues performance at the center of understanding African American self-presentation and racial identity in the first half of the twentieth century.Through Broonzy's life and times, Greene assesses major themes and events in African American history, including the Great Migration, urbanization, and black expatriate encounters with European culture consumers. Drawing on a range of historical source materials as well as oral histories and personal archives held by Broonzy's son, Greene perceptively interrogates how notions of race, gender, and audience reception continue to shape concepts of folk culture and musical authenticity.
Brian Ward is Lecturer in American History at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne .; This book is intended for american studies, American history postwar social and cultural history, political ...history, Black history, Race and Ethnic studies and Cultural studies together with the general trade music.
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