http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_413_Christmas_Blues.mp3 Bill Ferris is a folklorist whose favorite kind of Christmas music is the blues. Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_413_Christmas_Blues.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_413_Christmas_Blues.mp3 <h4>Christmas Blues</h4><p><a title="Christmas Blues" href="resolveuid/d63a85a5bb40f68c49f63f5fbd20d4f2" target="_self"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/13be1841c3bd18f2faa3ccb1b4fa44a1" alt="Blue Yule" height="100" width="100" /></a>Christmas music outside the church is often unbearably saccharine or just plain dumb. But the holiday has inspired a whole subset of the blues, a genre of music not exactly known for its fidelity to holy days.  <br /></p><p>Bill Ferris is with the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina. He is The Story's resident folklorist, and this Christmas, he talks to Dick about growing up with the blues at Christmas time - and he brings along with him some wonderful musical surprises.</p><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/83aa24514dd7a16c611646a3efa43c7f" alt="Bill Ferris" height="100" width="100" />Bill Ferris</p><ul><li>See a <a title="Christmas Blues" href="resolveuid/d63a85a5bb40f68c49f63f5fbd20d4f2/view" target="_self">list of songs</a> played in this show</li><li>Hear an interview with Bill Ferris about <a title="Single Strand: Parent of the Blues" href="resolveuid/331d9fa2d56c8f10a6c6d2e1f47d7830/view" target="_self">single strand blues</a></li></ul><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">contact us</a><a><br /></a> Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:00:00