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Buzz Busby
Father of Washington, DC, Bluegrass
Häftad, 2026
246 kr
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Buzz Busby's move to Washington, D.C., in 1951 helped launch bluegrass in the nation's capital while the intensity of his mandolin playing drew raves for its unrelenting pace and innovative style. His high lonesome singing rivaled that of Bill Monroe. Kip Lornell and Tom Mindte draw on interviews …
King of the Queen City
The Story of King Records
Inbunden, 2009
413 kr
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King of the Queen City is the first comprehensive history of King Records, one of the most influential independent record companies in the history of American music. Founded by businessman Sydney Nathan in the mid-1940s, this small outsider record company in Cincinnati, Ohio, attracted a diverse …
Bill Monroe
The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man
Av Tom Ewing
Häftad, 2021
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
291 kr
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From cradle to great, the comprehensive real story of Bill Monroe The Father of Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe was a major star of the Grand Ole Opry for over fifty years; a member of the Country Music, Songwriters, and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame; and a legendary figure in American music. This …
Sixties Rock
Garage, Psychedelic, and Other Satisfactions
Häftad, 2000
266 kr
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Unlike their rock 'n' roll predecessors, many rock musicians of the mid-sixties came to consider themselves as artists--self-consciously presenting themselves as creators of a new sonic medium.Sixties Rock offers a provocative look at these artists and their innovations in two pivotal rock genres: …
Ink
The Indelible J. Mayo Williams
Häftad, 2024
282 kr
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The product of a hardscrabble childhood, J. Mayo "Ink" Williams parlayed an Ivy League education into unlikely twin careers as a foundational producer of Black music and pioneering Black player in the early NFL. Clifford R. Murphy tells the story of an ambitious, upwardly mobile life affected, but …
Southern Soul-Blues
Häftad, 2013
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
341 kr
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Attracting passionate fans primarily among African American listeners in the South, southern soul draws on such diverse influences as the blues, 1960s-era deep soul, contemporary R & B, neosoul, rap, hip-hop, and gospel. Aggressively danceable, lyrically evocative, and fervidly emotional, southern …
Blues All Day Long
The Jimmy Rogers Story
Häftad, 2014
3,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
396 kr
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A member of Muddy Waters' legendary late 1940s-1950s band, Jimmy Rogers pioneered a blues guitar style that made him one of the most revered sidemen of all time. Rogers also had a significant if star-crossed career as a singer and solo artist for Chess Records, releasing the classic singles "That's …
Randy Travis
Storms of Life
Inbunden, 2025
402 kr
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Randy Travis's 1986 breakthrough put him at the forefront of Nashville's new traditionalist sound and, in the words of Garth Brooks, saved country music. The singer's warm baritone and all-time classic songs like "Forever and Ever, Amen" landed him atop the charts sixteen times. His cross-genre …
Americanaland
Where Country & Western Met Rock 'n' Roll
Av John Milward
Inbunden, 2021
357 kr
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A musical genre forever outside the linesWith a claim on artists from Jimmie Rodgers to Jason Isbell, Americana can be hard to define, but you know it when you hear it. John Milward's Americanaland is filled with the enduring performers and vivid stories that are at the heart of Americana. At base …
Record Makers and Breakers
Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers
Av John Broven
Häftad, 2010
348 kr
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This volume is an engaging and exceptional history of the independent rock 'n' roll record industry from its raw regional beginnings in the 1940s with R & B and hillbilly music through its peak in the 1950s and decline in the 1960s. John Broven combines narrative history with extensive oral history …
Theremin
Ether Music and Espionage
Häftad, 2005
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
334 kr
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A creative genius and prolific inventor, Leon Theremin almost single-handedly launched the field of electronic music in 1920. The theremin--the only musical instrument that is played without being touched--created a sensation worldwide and paved the way for the modern synthesizer. But the …
Blues Before Sunrise 3
Guitar Slingers and Backbeaters
Häftad, 2025
334 kr
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Steve Cushing’s third volume of interviews from Blues Before Sunrise puts fans face-to-face with music legends and industry figures. The volume kicks off with a roundtable featuring drumming all-stars Earl Phillips, S.P. Leary, Odie Payne, Clifton James, and Fred Below discussing their lives and …
On the Bus with Bill Monroe
My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass
Av Mark Hembree
Inbunden, 2022
1322 kr
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A backstage audition led Mark Hembree into a five-year stint (1979–1984) as the bassist for Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. Hembree’s journey included playing at the White House and on the acclaimed album Master of Bluegrass. But it also put him on a collision course with the rigors of touring, the …
On the Bus with Bill Monroe
My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass
Av Mark Hembree
Häftad, 2022
218 kr
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A backstage audition led Mark Hembree into a five-year stint (1979–1984) as the bassist for Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. Hembree’s journey included playing at the White House and on the acclaimed album Master of Bluegrass. But it also put him on a collision course with the rigors of touring, the …
Always the Queen
The Denise LaSalle Story
Av Denise LaSalle, David Whiteis
Häftad, 2020
230 kr
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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 bawdy demands for satisfaction, LaSalle updated the classic blueswoman's stance of powerful independence while her earthy lyrics about relationships …
Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals
Inbunden, 2022
1282 kr
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A No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022The forceful music that rolled out of Muscle Shoals in the 1960s and 1970s shaped hits by everyone from Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones and Paul Simon. Christopher M. Reali's in-depth look at the fabled musical hotbed …
Henry Mancini
Reinventing Film Music
Av John Caps
Inbunden, 2012
1322 kr
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Through film composer Henry Mancini, mere background music in movies became part of pop culture--an expression of sophistication and wit with a modern sense of cool and a lasting lyricism that has not dated. The first comprehensive study of Mancini's music, Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music …
Sound of Dove
Singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist Churches
Häftad, 2001
331 kr
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In The Sound of the Dove, Beverly Bush Patterson explores one of the oldest traditions of American religious folksong: unaccompanied congregational singing in the Primitive Baptist churches of Appalachia. Using interviews, field observations, historical research, song transcriptions, and musical …
Hillbilly Maidens, Okies, and Cowgirls
Women's Country Music, 1930-1960
Inbunden, 2020
1282 kr
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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 of innovative women artists. These individuals blazed trails as singers, musicians, and performers even as the industry hemmed in their potential …
Buddy Emmons
Steel Guitar Icon
Häftad, 2022
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
241 kr
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A No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022The acknowledged maestro of the pedal steel guitar, Buddy Emmons lent his unparalleled virtuosity to over five decades of hit recordings and set standards that remain the benchmark for musicians today. Steve Fishell’s merger of biography and memoir …
Sound Pedagogy
Radical Care in Music
Av Colleen Renihan, John Spilker m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1456 kr
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Music education today requires an approach rooted in care and kindness that coexists alongside the dismantling of systems that fail to serve our communities in higher education. But, as the essayists in Sound Pedagogy show, the structural aspects of music study in higher education present obstacles …
Sounds of Place
Music and the American Cultural Landscape
Häftad, 2021
398 kr
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Composers like Charles Ives, Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich created works that indelibly commemorated American places. Denise Von Glahn analyzes the soundscapes of fourteen figures whose "place pieces" tell us much about the nation's search for its own voice and about its …
Accordion in the Americas
Klezmer, Polka, Tango, Zydeco, and More!
Häftad, 2012
413 kr
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An invention of the Industrial Revolution, the accordion provided the less affluent with an inexpensive, loud, portable, and durable "one-man-orchestra" capable of producing melody, harmony, and bass all at once. Imported from Europe into the Americas, the accordion with its distinctive sound …
Music of the Stanley Brothers
Av Gary B. Reid
Häftad, 2014
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
411 kr
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The Music of the Stanley Brothers brings together forty years of passionate research by scholar and record label owner Gary B. Reid. A leading authority on Carter and Ralph Stanley, Reid augments his own vast knowledge of their music with interviews, documents ranging from books to folios sold by …
Paul Hindemith in the United States
Av Luther Noss
Inbunden, 1989
471 kr
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Paul Hindemith (1895–1963) was one of the most influential musicians and composers of the twentieth century. His wide-ranging musical interests and prodigious gifts connected him to music as varied as neoclassicism, the avant garde, and chamber pieces for unusual groupings of instruments. The …
Sing a Sad Song
The Life of Hank Williams
Häftad, 1981
366 kr
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Few American entertainers have had the explosive impact, wide-ranging appeal, and continuing popularity of country music superstar Hank Williams. Such Williams standards as "Your Cheatin' Heart," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," "Jambalaya," and "I Saw the Light" have entered the pantheon of great …
San Antonio Rose
The Life and Music of Bob Wills
Häftad, 1986
500 kr
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"Until Hank Williams came along, it was just Bob Willis," says Willie Nelson. "He was it." And indeed he was, especially for the thousands in the Southwest who knew and loved the King of Western Swing. The colorful band leader-composer-fiddler from Turkey, Texas, lassoed the emotions of …
Ethnic Music on Records
A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States, 1893-1942. Vol. 4: Spanish, Portuguese, Philippines, Basque
Inbunden, 1990
1282 kr
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This impressive compilation offers a nearly complete listing of sound recordings made by American minority artists prior to mid-1942. Organized by national group or language, the seven-volume set cites primary and secondary titles, composers, participating artists, instrumentation, date and place …
Ethnic Music on Records
A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States, 1893-1942. Vol. 5: Middle East, Far East, Scandinavian, English Language, American Indian, International
Inbunden, 1990
1108 kr
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This impressive compilation offers a nearly complete listing of sound recordings made by American minority artists prior to mid-1942. Organized by national group or language, the seven-volume set cites primary and secondary titles, composers, participating artists, instrumentation, date and place …
Crooked Stovepipe
Athapaskan Fiddle Music and Square Dancing in Northeast Alaska and Northwest Canada
Inbunden, 1993
703 kr
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Named for a popular local fiddle tune, The Crooked Stovepipe is a rollicking, detailed, first-ever study of the indigenous fiddle music and social dancing enjoyed by the Gwich'in Athapskan Indians and other tribal groups in northeast Alaska, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. Though the …
