Labor's Troubadour

Joe Glazer

• Paperback | Music in American Life
• For more than half a century, armed only with his guitar, reams of songs, and conviction, Glazer has marshaled the power of music to fight for union r... Lees meer

Hillbilly Maidens, Okies, and Cowgirls

Stephanie Vander Wel

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• A PopMatters Best Non-Fiction Book of 2020 From the 1930s to the 1960s, the booming popularity of country music threw a spotlight on a new generation ... Lees meer

Flaco's Legacy

Erin E Bauer

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• A combination of button accordion and bajo sexto, conjunto originated in the Texas-Mexico borderlands as a popular dance music and became a powerful f... Lees meer

Banjo Roots and Branches

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• The story of the banjo's journey from Africa to the western hemisphere blends music, history, and a union of cultures. In Banjo Roots and Branches , R... Lees meer

Union Divided

Leta E Miller

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• An in-depth account of the Black locals within the American Federation of Musicians In the 1910s and 1920s, Black musicians organized more than fifty ... Lees meer

Music in Black American Life, 1600-1945

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• This first volume of Music in Black American Life collects research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and the Black... Lees meer

Industrial Strength Bluegrass

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• In the twentieth century, Appalachian migrants seeking economic opportunities relocated to southwestern Ohio, bringing their music with them. Between ... Lees meer

Peace Be Still

Robert Marovich

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2022 In September of 1963, Reverend Lawrence Roberts and the Angelic Choir of the First Baptist Church of Nutl... Lees meer

Music in Black American Life, 1945-2020

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• This second volume of Music in Black American Life offers research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and Black Musi... Lees meer

When Sunday Comes

Claudrena N Harold

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• Gospel music evolved in often surprising directions during the post-Civil Rights era. Claudrena N. Harold's in-depth look at late-century gospel focus... Lees meer

My Lord, What a Morning

Marian Anderson

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• My Lord, What a Morning is a gentle and engrossing memoir, abounding with the tender and inspiring stories of Marian Anderson's life in her own modest... Lees meer

Charles Ives in the Mirror

David C Paul

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954) has gone from being a virtual unknown to become one of the most respected and lauded composers in American ... Lees meer

Play Like a Man

Rose Marshack

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• As a member of Poster Children, Rose Marshack took part in entwined revolutions. Marshack and other women seized a much-elevated profile in music duri... Lees meer

Homer Rodeheaver and the Rise of the Gospel Music Industry

Kevin Mungons, Douglas Yeo

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• From tent revivals to radio and records with a gospel music innovator Homer Rodeheaver merged evangelical hymns and African American spirituals with p... Lees meer

Tania León's Stride

Alejandro L Madrid

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• Acclaimed composer, sought-after conductor, esteemed educator, tireless advocate for the arts--Tania León's achievements encompass but also stretch fa... Lees meer

Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry

Sandra Jean Graham

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• Spirituals performed by jubilee troupes became a sensation in post-Civil War America. First brought to the stage by choral ensembles like the Fisk Jub... Lees meer

Bird

Chuck Haddix

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• Saxophone virtuoso Charlie "Bird" Parker began playing professionally in his early teens, became a heroin addict at 16, changed the course of music, a... Lees meer

Leonard Bernstein and the Language of Jazz

Katherine Baber

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• Leonard Bernstein's gifts for drama and connecting with popular audiences made him a central figure in twentieth century American music. Though a Bern... Lees meer

Always the Queen

Denise Lasalle, David Whiteis

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• Denise LaSalle's journey took her from rural Mississippi to an unquestioned reign as the queen of soul-blues. From her early R&B classics to bold and ... Lees meer

Blues Before Sunrise 2

Steve Cushing

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• In this new collection of interviews, Steve Cushing once again invites readers into the vaults of Blues Before Sunrise, his acclaimed nationally syndi... Lees meer

Danzón Days

Hettie Malcomson

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• Winner of the 2024 BFE Book Prize (British Forum for Ethnomusicology) Older people negotiating dance routines, intimacy, and racialized differences pr... Lees meer

Listening to Bob Dylan

Larry Starr

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• Venerated for his lyrics, Bob Dylan in fact is a songwriting musician with a unique mastery of merging his words with music and performance. Larry Sta... Lees meer

Twentieth Century Drifter

Diane Diekman

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins is the first biography of this legendary country music artist and NASCAR driver who scored sixtee... Lees meer

Right to the Juke Joint

Patrick B Mullen

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• The cowboy songs and dusty Texas car rides of his youth set Patrick B. Mullen on a lifelong journey into the sprawling Arcadia of American music. That... Lees meer