Description
Women have been pivotal in the country music scene since its inception, as Charles K. Wolfe and James E. Akenson make clear in The Women of Country Music. Their groundbreaking volume presents the best current scholarship and writing on female country musicians. Beginning with the 1920s career of teenage guitar picker Roba Stanley, the contributors go on to discuss Polly Jenkins and Her Musical Plowboys, 50s honky-tonker Rose Lee Maphis, superstar Faith Hill, the relationship between Emmylou Harris and poet Bronwen Wallace, the Louisiana Hayride's Margaret Lewis Warwick, and more.
About the Author
Charles K. Wolfe, professor of English and folklore at Middle Tennessee State University, is the author of numerous books on music. James E. Akenson, professor of curriculum and instruction at Tennessee Technological University, is the founder of the International Country Music Conference. Together they have edited three volumes of the Country Music Annual.
Book Information
ISBN 9780813122809
Author Charles K. Wolfe
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint The University Press of Kentucky
Publisher The University Press of Kentucky
About the Author
Charles K. Wolfe, professor of English and folklore at Middle Tennessee State University, is the author of numerous books on music. James E. Akenson, professor of curriculum and instruction at Tennessee Technological University, is the founder of the International Country Music Conference. Together they have edited three volumes of the Country Music Annual.
Book Information
ISBN 9780813122809
Author Charles K. Wolfe
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint The University Press of Kentucky
Publisher The University Press of Kentucky
