Blood, soil, and the blues: the particular truth of the North Mississippi Allstars.(CULTURE)

Sojourners Magazine | July 1, 2005| | Copyright

There are two axioms in life of which I am sure. One is derived from the gospel of John and the other from the late member of Congress Thomas "Tip" O'Neill. They are as follows: Truth is incarnate. And all politics are local. Applied to the arts, these lead to a corollary. Art that aspires to be universal must be supremely specific, detailed, and rooted in a particular place and time.

And that brings me to the art that speaks the universe from the particular red dirt of the North Mississippi hills. I'm not talking about Faulkner (though I could be). I'm talking about ...

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