Description
Using rich musical and historical sources, including interviews with musicians and their descendants, Troutman provides the complete story of how this Native Hawaiian instrument transformed not only American music but the sounds of modern music throughout the world.
About the Author
John W. Troutman is Curator of American Music at the National Museum of American History.
Reviews
Superbly written, beautifully illustrated and packed with anecdotes . . . this remarkable book is a gem and should find a readership far beyond guitar obsessives." - The Blues Magazine
"Expose[s] . . . innovations and the rich, transnational context in which they occurred." - Journal of Social History
"A rich and imaginative history, not only of a musical instrument and its sound world, but also of indigenous modernity, local innovation and the global sweep of Hawaiian musical impact." - Journal of Pacific History
"Well written, insightful and beautifully illustrated, Kika Kila is an excellent addition to the world music library." - Songlines
"Troutman shows that popular types of music around the world . . . would not be what they are today if it was not for musicians from the northernmost corner of the 'Sea of Islands'. . . . An important contribution to island scholarship." - Island Studies Journal
"Deeply researched. . . . Essential for anyone who wants to know more about the tremendously fertile--and horribly imperialistic--world of 19th and early-20th century Hawaii, when new ideas poured in and amazing music poured out." - Ukulele
"If you've ever felt the lure of slide guitar, Kika Kila is a fantastic book that offers new listening material, colorful stories, and vibrant history, and exposes you to great guitarists who made history." - Acoustic Guitar
"Presents a stunning example of the nation's cultural melange." - Oxford American
"A fascinating and foundational contribution to the history and development of the instrument" - Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association
"[A] treasure chest of impassioned investigation [that] tracks the steel-stringed guitar's signature 'glissando swoop' as it sparks a global explosion of composition and performance." - Honolulu Magazine
Book Information
ISBN 9781469659091
Author John W. Troutman
Format Paperback
Page Count 392
Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Weight(grams) 710g