--- product_id: 5852887 title: "The Land Where the Blues Began" price: "₱14581" currency: PHP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.ph/products/5852887-the-land-where-the-blues-began store_origin: PH region: Philippines --- # Authentic Mississippi Delta cultural journey Firsthand blues legends interviews Classic 1993 National Critics Circle Award Winner The Land Where the Blues Began **Price:** ₱14581 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎶 Own the roots of rhythm — where the blues began and legends live on. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Land Where the Blues Began - **How much does it cost?** ₱14581 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ph](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/5852887-the-land-where-the-blues-began) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Award-Winning Insight:** Dive into a National Critics Circle Award-winning narrative that shaped blues historiography. - • **Cultural Time Capsule:** Travel the Mississippi Delta of the 1930s-40s through Lomax’s immersive ethnomusicological lens. - • **Exclusive Oral Histories:** Experience candid conversations with blues icons like Muddy Waters and Leadbelly, preserved in vivid detail. - • **Rich Contextual Backdrop:** Understand the social and racial dynamics that forged the blues, connecting African roots to American sound. - • **Collector’s Edition Appeal:** Own a well-preserved used copy of a seminal work, perfect for serious music historians and cultural curators. ## Overview The Land Where the Blues Began is Alan Lomax’s acclaimed ethnomusicological journey through the Mississippi Delta, capturing firsthand interviews with blues pioneers and exploring the cultural and social origins of American blues music. This used copy in good condition offers a rare, award-winning narrative essential for enthusiasts and scholars of music history. ## Description A self-described “song-hunter,” the folklorist Alan Lomax traveled the Mississippi Delta in the 1930’s and ‘40s, armed with primitive recording equipment and a keen love of the Delta’s music heritage. Crisscrossing the towns and hamlets where the blues began, Lomax gave voice to such greats as Leadbelly, Fred MacDowell, Muddy Waters, and many others, all of whom made their debut recordings with him. The Land Where the Blues Began is Lomax’s “stingingly well-written cornbread-and-moonshine odyssey” (Kirkus Reviews) through America’s musical heartland. Through candid conversations with bluesmen and vivid, firsthand accounts of the landscape where their music was born, Lomax’s “discerning reconstructions . . . give life to a domain most of us can never know . . . one that summons us with an oddly familiar sensation of reverence and dread” ( The New York Times Book Review ). The Land Where the Blues Began captures the irrepressible energy of soul of people who changed American musical history. Winner of the 1993 National Critics Circle Award for nonfiction, The Land Where the Blues Began is now available in a handsome new paperback edition. Review: An important book on the blues that belongs in the library of Congress - A wonderful detailed travel in the heart of blue county with untold stories and unique insights into this utterly unique American music genre. Review: From These Roots Came the Blues - Historic journey throughout the Mississippi Delta by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax during the mid-twentith century is illuminating as well as educational. We meet blues legends Son House, Fred McDowell, Muddy Waters, and Bill Broonzy, and hear them tell of their experiences in their own words. Lomax makes clear the social pressure and discrimination that impacted development of their music, and he skillfully relates blues and its musical antecedents to African origins. A vital contribution to our understanding of the development of American music. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #273,198 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #22 in Ethnomusicology (Books) #30 in Blues Music (Books) #478 in Music History & Criticism (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 140 Reviews | ## Images ![The Land Where the Blues Began - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71WpI7SGJpL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An important book on the blues that belongs in the library of Congress *by K***2 on August 23, 2025* A wonderful detailed travel in the heart of blue county with untold stories and unique insights into this utterly unique American music genre. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ From These Roots Came the Blues *by G***. on December 26, 2020* Historic journey throughout the Mississippi Delta by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax during the mid-twentith century is illuminating as well as educational. We meet blues legends Son House, Fred McDowell, Muddy Waters, and Bill Broonzy, and hear them tell of their experiences in their own words. Lomax makes clear the social pressure and discrimination that impacted development of their music, and he skillfully relates blues and its musical antecedents to African origins. A vital contribution to our understanding of the development of American music. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect *by K***E on May 5, 2026* The book is in great condition! 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