Early ‘eccentric interest’ leads to Grammy for folklorist Bill Ferris

Wed Nov 18, 2020
In 2018, Bill Ferris’ decades of work in the arena of southern studies was capped by the release of a career-spanning collection of his field recordings, “Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris,” released by Atlanta-based record label Dust-to-Digital. The box set — and its accompanying book — won Ferris two Grammy Awards. (Chatham News & Record)

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