Product Description: During the years before World War II, hundreds of traditional musicians were sought out by commercial record companies, brought to New York or into local―often makeshift―studios, to cut recordings that would be marketed as "race" and "hillbilly" music...read more

Product Description: Joe Davis, the focus of The Melody Man enjoyed a 50-year career in the music industry, which covered nearly every aspect of the business. He hustled sheet music in the 1920s, copyrighted compositions by artists as diverse as Fats Waller, Carson Robison, Otis Blackwell, and Rudy Vallee, oversaw hundreds of recording session, and operated several record companies beginning in the 1940s...read more

Product Description: To borrow words from Stan "The Record Man" Lewis, Shreveport, Louisiana, is one of this nation's most important "regional-sound cities." Its musical distinctiveness has been shaped by individuals and ensembles, record label and radio station owners, announcers and disc jockeys, club owners and sound engineers, music journalists and musicians...read more

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.

Product Description: Introducing American Folk Music 2nd: Ethnic and Grassroot Traditions in the United States

Product Description: The Beat: Go Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop is unique among music titles. It is the first book to explore the social, cultural, and musical phenomenon of African-American music largely known for its spirit, its energy, and its vitality...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: 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. .

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

Product Description: Music. A fine softcover copy. Tight binding. Light fading on cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Photographs of the band and their family memebers. NOT ex-library. Contains bibliography and index. 250 pg. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram...read more

Product Description: Introducing American Folk Music examines folk and closely related grassroots music, such as gospel, western swing, and folk-rock. The book covers the diverse strains of American folk music - Latin, Native American, African, French-Canadian and Cajun - and offers a chronology of the development of folk music in the United States...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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