American Popular Music – serie
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Bounce
Rap Music and Local Identity in New Orleans
Av Matt Miller
Häftad, 2012
401 kr
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Over the course of the twentieth century, African Americans in New Orleans helped define the genres of jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, and funk. In recent decades, younger generations of New Orleanians have created a rich and dynamic local rap scene, which has revolved around a dance-oriented style …
Country Comes to Town
The Music Industry and the Transformation of Nashville
Av Jeremy Hill
Häftad, 2015
401 kr
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Country music evokes a simple, agrarian past, with images of open land and pickup trucks. While some might think of the genre as a repository of nostalgia, popular because it preserves and reveres traditional values, Jeremy Hill argues that country music has found such expansive success because its …
Honky Tonk on the Left
Progressive Thought in Country Music
Häftad, 2018
409 kr
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Massively popular for the past century, country music has often been associated with political and social conservatism. While such figures as George Wallace, Richard Nixon, and Ted Cruz have embraced and even laid claim to this musical genre over the years, country performers have long expressed …
Sound History
Lawrence Gellert, Black Musical Protest, and White Denial
Inbunden, 2020
1010 kr
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Lawrence Gellert has long been a mysterious figure in American folk and blues studies, gaining prominence in the left-wing folk revival of the 1930s for his fieldwork in the U.S. South. A "lean, straggly-haired New Yorker," as Time magazine called him, Gellert was an independent music collector, …
Sound History
Lawrence Gellert, Black Musical Protest, and White Denial
Häftad, 2020
355 kr
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Lawrence Gellert has long been a mysterious figure in American folk and blues studies, gaining prominence in the left-wing folk revival of the 1930s for his fieldwork in the U.S. South. A "lean, straggly-haired New Yorker," as Time magazine called him, Gellert was an independent music collector, …
Bob Dylan in the Attic
The Artist As Historian
Häftad, 2022
355 kr
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Bob Dylan is an iconic American artist, whose music and performances have long reflected different musical genres and time periods. His songs tell tales of the Civil War, harken back to 1930s labor struggles, and address racial violence at the height of the civil rights movement, helping listeners …
Blues
Inbunden, 2006
790 kr
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American popular music reflects a rich cultural diversity. From Aaron Copland to Miles Davis to Elvis Presley to Muddy Waters, the United States has produced some of the most influential and beloved musicians and performers of the 20th century. The blues, jazz, and rock and roll - musical genres …
Classical
Inbunden, 2006
790 kr
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American popular music reflects a rich cultural diversity. From Aaron Copland to Miles Davis to Elvis Presley to Muddy Waters, the United States has produced some of the most influential and beloved musicians and performers of the 20th century. The blues, jazz, and rock and roll - musical genres …
Mistakes of Yesterday, the Hopes of Tomorrow
The Story of the Prisonaires
Av John Dougan
Häftad, 2012
355 kr
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Early in the morning on June 1, 1953, five African American men boarded a van to make the 200-mile trip from Nashville to Memphis for a daylong recording session at the legendary Sun Studios, to be overseen by Sun founder Sam Phillips. One of the two tracks cut that day, “Just Walkin’ in the Rain,” …
