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Robert Palmer: Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
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Greil Marcus: Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music: Fifth Edition
Elijah Wald: Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas
Penny M. Von Eschen: Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War
Peter Guralnick: Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
Mark Zwonitzer: Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family & Their Legacy in American Music