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SIX SONGS FROM THE STREETS OF KNOXVILLE: LEOLA MANNING

The remarkable story of the Tennessee singer and songwriter whose six surviving recordings captured faith, tragedy, death and Black life in Depression-era Knoxville. Leola Manning (left) with fellow Knoxville blues singer Odessa Cansler and Cansler’s brother, George Cansler. Courtesy of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound. There are musicians whose importance can be … Continue reading “SIX SONGS FROM THE STREETS OF KNOXVILLE: LEOLA MANNING”