George P. Knauff's Virginia Reels and the History of American Fiddling
George P. Knauff's Virginia Reels (1839) was the first collection of southern fiddle tunes and...
EAN: 9781496814272
DuBose Heyward
In 1924 DuBose Heyward (1885-1940) was a businessman absorbed in his Charleston heritage. One...
EAN: 9781496813091
Steelpan Ambassadors
Today, steelbands have become a global phenomenon; yet, in 1957 the exotic sound and the unique...
EAN: 9781496812407
Music in Disney's Animated Features
Investigates how music functions in Disney animated films and identifies several vanguard...
EAN: 9781496812148
Boom's Blues
Stands as both a remarkable biography of J. Frank G.Boom (1920-1953) and a recovery of his...
EAN: 9781496805119
Gaithers and Southern Gospel
Examines songwriters Bill and Gloria Gaither's “Homecoming” video and concert series - a gospel...
EAN: 9781496810908
Johnson Family Singers
The Johnson Family Singers, a gospel group from North Carolina, rose to national acclaim during...
EAN: 9781578060047
Jazz in American Culture
If it's art that expresses a nation's essence best, then jazz set America's tempo and afforded an...
EAN: 9781578063246
What She Go Do
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted by the author in Trinidad and Tobago, What She Go Do...
EAN: 9781496807533
Country Boys and Redneck Women
In this follow-up volume to A Boy Named Sue, some of the leading authors in the field of country...
EAN: 9781496804914
Godfather of the Music Business
Tells the story of one of the most notorious figures in the history of popular music, Morris...
EAN: 9781496805706
Black Diva of the Thirties
While undergoing routine surgery to remove a benign tumour, Ruby Elzy died. She was only...
EAN: 9781496802460
Transatlantic Roots Music
Presents a collection of essays on the debates about origins, authenticity, and identity in folk...
EAN: 9781628460643
Racial Uplift and American Music, 1878-1943
Traces the career of racial uplift ideology as a factor in elite African Americans' embrace of...
EAN: 9781628460636
Alan Lomax, Assistant in Charge
Alan Lomax (1915-2002) began working for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of...
EAN: 9781628460605
Lonesome Melodies
Carter and Ralph Stanley - the Stanley Brothers - are comparable to Bill Monroe and Flatt &...
EAN: 9781628460575
Creating Jazz Counterpoint
Offers a look at the blues roots of the New Orleans Jazz sound. This book describes in both...
EAN: 9781617039911
Woke Me Up This Morning
Many studies of African-American gospel music spotlight history and style. This one, however, is...
EAN: 9780878059447
Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930–1942
EAN: 9781617038228
