Blues & Gospel Bundle

A Digital Collection of American Roots Music and Folklore

Includes full digital access to Voices of Mississippi, Drop on Down in Florida, and the Art of Field Recording sampler. Three critically acclaimed releases documenting American roots, gospel, and blues traditions, beautifully remastered.

Included in the bundle:

Voices of Mississippi

A sweeping portrait of Mississippi’s cultural heritage, featuring field recordings, gospel, blues, storytelling, and short documentary films documented by William Ferris. Includes:

• 3 audio albums
• A collection of 7 short films:
• Gravel Springs Fife and Drum
• Green Valley Grandparents
• Ray Lum: Mule Trader
• Fannie Bell Chapman: Gospel Singer
• Four Women Artists
• Hush Hoggies Hush: Tom Johnson’s Praying Pigs
• Bottle Up and Go
• A digital edition of the original 120-page book with essays and archival photos

Drop on Down in Florida

An expanded reissue of the 1981 double LP, this collection presents field recordings of African American traditional music documented between 1977 and 1980 by the Florida Folklife Program. Includes:

• 2 full-length audio albums featuring all original LP tracks plus 80 minutes of previously unreleased material
• A digital edition of the 224-page hardcover book, with:
• Original liner notes
• New essays and annotations by folklorists and scholars
• 60 archival images, most published for the first time

Highlights include one-string blues by Moses Williams, Sacred Harp singing from the Florida Panhandle, and blues and gospel-blues performances by the Richard Williams family.

Art of Field Recording Sampler

A curated selection of traditional songs, spirituals, blues, and folk ballads documented by Art Rosenbaum across five decades of fieldwork. A powerful introduction to his award-winning work in American vernacular music.

This digital edition offers over six hours of audio, rare documentary films, and hundreds of pages of historical context, photographs, and scholarship. Perfect for music lovers, researchers, and anyone interested in the living traditions of American roots culture.