Southern Music/American Music [electronic resource] / Bill C. Malone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malone, Bill C.

Contributor:

Stricklin, David, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--Southern States--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c1979.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Southern Music/American Music is the first book to investigate the facets of American music from the South and the many popular forms that emerged from it. In this substantially revised and updated edition, Bill C. Malone and David Stricklin bring this classic work into the twenty-first century, including new material on recent phenomena such as the huge success of the soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou? and the renewed popularity of Southern music, as well as important new artists Lucinda Williams, Alejandro Escovedo, and the Dixie Chicks, among others. Extensive bibliographic notes and

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Introduction; 1. Folk Origins of Southern Music; 2. National Discovery; 3. Early Commercialization: Ragtime, Blues, Jazz; 4. Expanding Markets: Tejano, Cajun, Hillbilly, Gospel; 5. The Great Depression and New Technologies; 6. The Nationalization of Southern Music; 7. The 1960s and 1970s: Rock, Gospel, Soul; Illustrations; 8. The National Resurgence of Country Music; 9. A Future in the Past; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliographical Notes; Suggested Listening; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

XY; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [164]-190.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-9055-X

0-8131-4915-0

OCLC:

571188730