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Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Cost: Free and open to the public
No two kinds of music have a closer and more complex relationship than country and blues. With this Speaker Session, historian and author Charles L. Hughes will discuss the historical relationship between the two genres. Hughes will consider their shared roots, their continuing overlaps, and what the relationship between them tells us about the larger history of the United States.
Charles L. Hughes is the author of the acclaimed books Country Soul: Making Music and Making Race in the American South and Why Bushwick Bill Matters. He has also written numerous book chapters and essays in publications including Oxford American, Slate, Washington Post, Southern Cultures, and American Quarterly. He is the co-founder of the digital music newsletter No Fences Review, a former regular contributor to the podcast Teaching Hard History, and a voting member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He is Associate Professor of History and Urban Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.
