Paul Oliver
Architectural historian and writer
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Paul Hereford Oliver MBE was an English architectural historian and writer on the blues and other forms of African-American music. He was equally distinguished in both fields, although it is likely that aficionados of one of his specialties were... Wikipedia
Born: May 25, 1927, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Died: August 15, 2017 (age 90 years), Shipton-under-Wychwood, United Kingdom
Paul Hereford Oliver MBE (25 May 1927 – 15 August 2017) was an English architectural historian and writer on the blues and other forms of African-American music ...
Aug 17, 2017 · Mr. Oliver, a scrupulous researcher with a fluent writing style, opened the eyes of readers in Britain and the United States to a musical form ...
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Books · Barrelhouse Blues: Location Recording and the Early Traditions of the Blues · Hinduism and the 1960s: The Rise of a Counter-Culture · Lifelong and ...
Dr Paul Oliver was formerly a lecturer at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He has published twenty books in the areas of religion, education and philosophy, ...
Paul Oliver was widely regarded as the most important blues scholar of the 20th and 21st centuries, pioneering research into the origins and development of ...
Aug 31, 2017 · An artist by training who became a distinctive commentator on both architectural history and music, especially the blues, he considered himself ...
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The author deftly traces the evolution of the blues from the work songs of slaves, to acoustic country ballads, to urban sounds, to electric rhythm and blues ...
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Looking for books by Paul Oliver? See all books authored by Paul Oliver, including Dwellings (Phaidon 55's), and Blues Off the Record: Thirty Years of Blues ...
In this interview British Blues historian and author Paul Oliver, and Chris Strachwitz, discuss the Ann Arbor Blues Festival, American music, and more.
Paul Hereford Oliver was born in Nottingham, England on May 25, 1927. He trained as a painter and sculptor at the Harrow School of Art, but switched to ...