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https://www.pbs.org/wnet/american-epic/files/2017/04/HURT_STL006_MISSISSIPPI-JOHN-HURT-PERFORMING-SINGING-1964_©2017_Lo-Max_Records_Ltd.jpg36442433In the 1920s, as radio took over the pop music business, record companies were forced to leave their studios in major cities in search of new styles and markets. Ranging the mountains, prairies, rural villages, and urban ghettos of America, they discovered a wealth of unexpected talent. The recordings they made of all the ethnic […]