This interdisciplinary text introduces the student to the diverse musical cultures that constitute America's musical landscape. Chapters cover twelve communities, from the West Indian steel drum bands of Brooklyn, to Mexican-American mariachi music. .

Musics of Multicultural America

Arts & Photography

Lornell, Kip

Rasmussen, Anne

Music

Schirmer

Musics of Multicultural America: A Study of Twelve Musical Communities

Schirmer Books

A biography of the legendary folk and blues singer discusses his influences; his close relationships with folk greats Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger; his involvement in left-wing politics and the labor movement; and much more. National ad/promo.

The Life and Legend of Leadbelly

Wolfe, Charles K.

Humor & Entertainment

Harpercollins

A biography of the legendary folk and blues singer discusses his influences, his close relationships with folk greats Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, and his involvement in left-wing politics and the labor movement

Perennial

From Jubilee to Hip Hop: Readings in African American Music

From Jubilee to Hip Hop includes 36 reading selections that underscore the breadth and variety of African American musical culture. Each of these selections relates something notable and interesting about African American musical culture since the Emancipation, whether it is Marian Anderson's recollection of the legendary 1939 DAR Constitution Hall debacle, or John Chilton's story of the impact of Louis Jordan's song, "Caldonia."

Routledge

Capital Bluegrass (American Musicspheres)

Oxford University Press

With its rich but underappreciated musical heritage, Washington, D.C. is often overlooked as a cradle for punk, the birthplace of go go, and as the urban center for bluegrass in the Untied States. Capital Bluegrass: Hillbilly Music Meets Washington, D.C. richly documents the history and development of bluegrass in and around the nation's capital since it emerged in the 1950s. In his seventeenth book, American vernacular music scholar Kip Lornell discusses both well-known progressive bluegrass bands including the Country Gentlemen and the Seldom Scene, and lesser known groups like the Happy Melody Boys, Benny and Vallie Cain and the Country Clan, and Foggy Bottom. Lornell focuses on colorful figures such as the brilliant and eccentric mandolin player, Buzz Busby, and Connie B. Gay, who helped found the Country Music Association in Nashville. Moving beyond the musicians to the institutions that were central to the development of the genre, Lornell brings the reader into the nationally recognized Birchmere Music Hall, and tunes in to NPR powerhouse WAMU-FM, which for five decades broadcast as much as 40 hours a week of bluegrass programming. Dozens of images illuminate the story of bluegrass in the D.C. area, photographs and flyers that will be new to even the most veteran bluegrass enthusiast. Bringing to life a music and musical community integral to the history of the city itself, Capital Bluegrass tells an essential tale of bluegrass in the United States.

Capital Bluegrass: Hillbilly Music Meets Washington, DC (American Musicspheres)

Gospel music; History and criticism; Instruction & Study; Memphis; Music; Non-Fiction; Reader's Catalog; Tennessee; Voice

HAPPY IN SERVICE OF LORD (Music in American Life)

University of Illinois Press

Huddie Ledbetter (1889–1949), known to millions of fans simply as Leadbelly, was arguably the most famous black singer in American history. His close musical associations included such towering figures as Blind Lemon Jefferson, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and John and Alan Lomax. He helped lay the foundations for blues, modern folk music, and rock 'n' roll. This definitive biography draws on a wealth of new archival material, interviews, and previously unknown recordings to detail Leadbelly's proud, tumultuous, and often violent life.

The Life And Legend Of Leadbelly

Wolfe, Charles

Da Capo

A comprehensive listener's guide to American folk music provides a concise history of the musical genre and its most important performers, along with an A-to-Z glossary of terms, information on stylistic variations, helpful resources, and a listing of dozens of essential folk music CDs. Original.

The Npr Curious Listener's Guide To American Folk Music

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Books by Lornell, Kip

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Musics of Multicultural America

Musics of Multicultural America: A Study of Twelve Musical Communities

The Life and Legend of Leadbelly

The Life and Legend of Leadbelly

From Jubilee to Hip Hop: Readings in African American Music

Capital Bluegrass (American Musicspheres)

Capital Bluegrass: Hillbilly Music Meets Washington, DC (American Musicspheres)

HAPPY IN SERVICE OF LORD (Music in American Life)

The Life And Legend Of Leadbelly

The Npr Curious Listener's Guide To American Folk Music