Of Bloodlines and Blue Notes
Lyrics, Album Notes and Critical Essays
by Terry Blade
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Pub Date Jan 19 2026 | Archive Date Feb 20 2026
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Description
A voice-driven work of witness, intimate in scale and intellectually sharp in aim. Terry Blade writes in riffs and refrains, threading family record through public history and the stubborn afterlife of American myth. Lyric pressure and critical insight stay fused, turning the blues into a way of knowing rather than nostalgia. Unflinching but luminous, it asks what we inherit, what we carry, and what a true note can reveal when plain speech fails.
Content note: contains challenging themes related to race, history, and family; includes occasional explicit or sensitive language.
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Erin H, Reviewer
This book of memory breathes like a living document. It is lyrical, rhythmic with beats and pauses for reflection. It is scheduled to release during The United State/s Black History Month and I cannot think of better way to celebrate that centennial than to read this offering. I would recommend it to music lovers, scholars of ethnomusicology, liner notes and ADOS history,
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