Piedmont Blues: North Carolina Style

From the early 1900s to today, a beat introduced by slave communities has become a thriving part of American culture: Blues. Not just a southern pastime anymore, the Blues have migrated as far north as New York and as far west as Chicago. Piedmont Blues: North Carolina Style delves into Blues history and examines a Blues style that swept up and down the East Coast region of the United States and across eastern North Carolina with its roots starting in Durham.