Country & Bluegrass

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950961610Author Lowry Global Media LLCFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Lowry Global Media LLCPublisher Lowry Global Media LLCWeight(grams)...

An insightful and wide-ranging look at one of America's most popular genres of music, Walking the Line: Country Music Lyricists and American Culture examines how country songwriters engage with their nation's religion, literature, and politics. Country...

An insightful and wide-ranging look at one of America's most popular genres of music, Walking the Line: Country Music Lyricists and American Culture examines how country songwriters engage with their nation's religion, literature, and politics. Country...

With opinions and personal testimonies from the artists themselves, this book takes a detailed look at the huge impact that Mexican music and culture has had--and continues to have--on Country music in its various forms. This very American form of...

Award winning songwriter, musician, author, playwright, poet, visual artist, and Appalachian Renaissance man Billy Edd Wheeler is best known for penning "Jackson," which was popularized by Johnny Cash and June Carter with their Grammy-winning recording...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780931759673Author Ron MiddlebrookPage Count 112Imprint Centerstream PublishingPublisher Centerstream Publishing

From his first performance in the late 1940s until his early death in 1982, Marty Robbins established himself as one of the most popular and successful singer/songwriters in the latter half of the 20th century. On the country charts, he racked up 15 #1...

Old Roots, New Routes takes an in-depth look at the many influences, meanings, and identities of this contemporary music form. Because the definition of the term alt.country changes continually, even the genre's own mouthpiece, the Web site nodepression...

Country music of late 1960s and early 1970s was a powerful symbol of staunch conservative resistance to the flowering hippie counterculture. But in 1972, the city of Austin, Texas became host to a growing community of musicians, entrepreneurs,...

In The Country Music Reader Travis D. Stimeling provides an anthology of primary source readings from newspapers, magazines, and fan ephemera encompassing the history of country music from circa 1900 to the present. Presenting conversations that have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781574242140Author Randy NolesPage Count 226Imprint Centerstream PublishingPublisher Centerstream Publishing

Drawing on decades of research, folklorists Jim Leary and Richard March have distilled a definitive presentation of Upper Midwestern traditional and ethnic music, from Ojibwa drums to Norwegian fiddles, from polka to salsa, from gospel choirs to...

Old Roots, New Routes takes an in-depth look at the many influences, meanings, and identities of this contemporary music form. Because the definition of the term alt.country changes continually, even the genre's own mouthpiece, the Web site nodepression...

Dolly Parton is instantly recognizable for her iconic style and persona, but how did she create her enduring image? Dolly crafted her exaggerated appearance and stage personality by combining two opposing stereotypes-the innocent mountain girl and the...

One of the most influential and acclaimed female vocalists of the twentieth century, Patsy Cline (1932-63) was best known for her rich tone and emotionally expressive voice. Born Virginia Patterson Hensley, she launched her musical career during the...

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...

The "singing family" of which Jean Ritchie writes is that of her parents, Balis and Abigail Ritchie, and their fourteen children, all born and reared in Viper, Kentucky, deep in the Cumberland Mountains. Jean, the youngest of the clan, grew up to be a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316403559Author David RitzFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & Company

Country is the most popular musical genre in America, because the songs speak to the common themes in American life - love, heartache, family, and country. This cleverly packaged tribute to country music features wisdom from singers like Dolly Parton,...

Few expressions of popular culture have been shaped as profoundly by the relationship between commercialism and authenticity as country music has. While its apparent realism, sincerity, and frank depictions of everyday life are country's most obvious...

The richness of Detroit's music history has by now been well established. We know all about Motown, the MC5, and Iggy and the Stooges. We also know about the important part the Motor City has played in the history of jazz. But there are stories about the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934553077Author Mark KnickelbineFormat PaperbackPage Count 183Imprint Bower HousePublisher Bower House

The songs of country music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers have been appropriated by dozens of musicians and radically transformed since he first recorded them nearly 90 years ago. His songs have often resurfaced at critical moments when country music has been...

Willie Nelson - award-winning country-music superstar, author, poet, actor and activist - is widely recognized as an American icon. This is the first full-colour book to comprehensively celebrate his life and music. His discography includes 68 studio...

Billy Joe Shaver wrote ten of the eleven songs included on Waylon Jennings's landmark album Honky Tonk Heroes and played a dominant role in the origins and development of the Outlaw Country movement of the 1970s. He has been named by Ray Wylie Hubbard,...

The story behind the story of American country music goes back to Appalachian roots and the people who sang for local audiences and early radios in the early 20th century. No matter what you call the songs now--country, folk, traditional, old-time,...

Celebrity has long been tied to political aspirations in American history. Decades before the United States had a president from the realm of reality TV or the movies, we had scores of politicians with strong connections to the world of country music...

A star par excellence, Dolly Parton is also one of country music's most likable personalities. Even a hard-rocking punk or orchestral aesthete can't help singing along with songs like "Jolene" or "9 to 5." More than a mere singer or actress, Parton is a...

You've heard them on the radio, listened to them on repeat for days, and sang along at the top of your lungs--but have you ever wondered about the real stories behind all your favorite country songs? Nashville Songwriter gives readers the first...

Marty Stuart's tenth studio album, The Pilgrim, was released 1999. The risky and ambitious concept project-based on true events that transpired in his hometown of Philadelphia, Mississippi-was a turning point in Marty's unique artistry. While not a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087989297Author Tom AlesiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915608379Author Linda RonstadtFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Country Music Foundation Press,U.S.Publisher Country Music Foundation Press,U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780634011719Format PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Hal Leonard CorporationPublisher Hal Leonard CorporationWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 292mm * 222mm * 6mm

2024 Independent Press Award winner - 'Distinguished Favorite' in the category of Spirituality 'Wow! It's beautiful. I'm touched that you 'got' it!' Peter Rowan Mescalito Riding His White Horse was inspired by several interviews conducted with...

From Ann Margret to Bob Dylan and George Jones to Simon & Garfunkel, Nashville harmonica virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist Charlie McCoy has contributed to some of the most successful recordings of country, pop, and rock music of the last six decades...

Discover the untold stories and unbreakable bond between country music icon Willie Nelson and his longtime drummer, Paul English.Immortalized in Willie Nelson's road song "Me and Paul," Paul English was the towering figure who for 70 years acted as...

Texas singer-songwriter Hayes Carll declared, "Ray would be at the top of the list if I were gonna read about somebody's life." In The Messenger: The Songwriting Legacy of Ray Wylie Hubbard, author, journalist, and music producer Brian T. Atkinson...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781477322369Author David CantwellFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint University of Texas PressPublisher University of Texas PressWeight(grams) 156g

Dolly Parton has entertained, educated, and inspired millions of fans for over five decades. Whether she's writing songs, performing live, recording new albums, or helping children around the world learn to read with her Imagination Library nonprofit,...

The Music of the Statler Brothers: An Anthoology is an in-depth look at the musical career of The Statler Brothers's forty-year reign as country music's premier group. Lead singer, Don Reid, writes about each song ever recorded by the Grammy...