Souled American

Author : Kevin Phinney
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Souled American written by Kevin Phinney and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jim Crow to Eminem, white culture has been transformed by black music. To be so influenced by the boundless imagination of a race brought to America in chains sets up a fascinating irony, andSouled American, an ambitious and comprehensive look at race relations as seen through the prism of music, examines that irony fearlessly—with illuminating results. Tracing a direct line from plantation field hollers to gangsta rap, author Kevin Phinney explains how blacks and whites exist in a constant tug-of-war as they create, re-create, and claim each phase of popular music. Meticulously researched, the book includes dozens of exclusive celebrity interviews that reveal the day-to-day struggles and triumphs of sharing the limelight. Unique, intriguing, Souled Americanshould be required reading for every American interested in music, in history, or in healing our country’s troubled race relations. • Combines social history and pop culture to reveal how jazz, blues, soul, country, and hip-hop have developed • Includes interviews with Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, B. B. King, David Byrne, Sly Stone, Donna Summer, Bonnie Raitt, and dozens more • Confronts questions of race and finds meaningful answers • Ideal for Black History Month

Author : Kenneth L. Shonk, Jr.
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137570725
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Theory and Methods through Popular Music, 1970–2000 written by Kenneth L. Shonk, Jr. and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-17 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the post-1960s era of popular music in the Anglo-Black Atlantic through the prism of historical theory and methods. By using a series of case studies, this book mobilizes historical theory and methods to underline different expressions of alternative music functioning within a mainstream musical industry. Each chapter highlights a particular theory or method while simultaneously weaving it through a genre of music expressing a notion of alternativity—an explicit positioning of one’s expression outside and counter to the mainstream. Historical Theory and Methods through Popular Music seeks to fill a gap in current scholarship by offering a collection written specifically for the pedagogical and theoretical needs of those interested in the topic.

Author : Camden Joy
Publisher : Verse Chorus Press
ISBN 13 : 1891241761
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Joy written by Camden Joy and published by Verse Chorus Press. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost Joy collects the writing that first brought Camden Joy wide attention in the mid-90s, when he wheatpasted his “manifestoes” around New York, excoriating the music industry and celebrating unsung geniuses of rock and roll. Joy’s voice—heartfelt, mocking, lyrical, razor-sharp—earned comparisons to the likes of Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, and Nick Hornby. Rooted in DIY zine culture, his rants prefigure the unfettered public expression of personal views that would explode with the rise of the Internet, and enact in words what Banksy would later achieve in art. Joy’s groundbreaking early fiction, in which his characters often invoke musicians and songs, is also included here. These haunting stories explore the many ways in which we use music to communicate our feelings and make sense of our memories.

Author : Mark Guarino
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226824373
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Country & Midwestern written by Mark Guarino and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2023-05-08 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of Chicago’s pivotal role as a country and folk music capital. Chicago is revered as a musical breeding ground, having launched major figures like blues legend Muddy Waters, gospel soul icon Mavis Staples, hip-hop firebrand Kanye West, and the jazz-rock band that shares its name with the city. Far less known, however, is the vital role Chicago played in the rise of prewar country music, the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s, and the contemporary offspring of those scenes. In Country and Midwestern, veteran journalist Mark Guarino tells the epic century-long story of Chicago’s influence on sounds typically associated with regions further south. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and deep archival research, Guarino tells a forgotten story of music, migration, and the ways that rural culture infiltrated urban communities through the radio, the automobile, and the railroad. The Midwest’s biggest city was the place where rural transplants could reinvent themselves and shape their music for the new commercial possibilities the city offered. Years before Nashville emerged as the commercial and spiritual center of country music, major record labels made Chicago their home and recorded legendary figures like Bill Monroe, The Carter Family, and Gene Autry. The National Barn Dance—broadcast from the city’s South Loop starting in 1924—flourished for two decades as the premier country radio show before the Grand Ole Opry. Guarino chronicles the makeshift niche scenes like “Hillbilly Heaven” in Uptown, where thousands of relocated Southerners created their own hardscrabble honky-tonk subculture, as well as the 1960s rise of the Old Town School of Folk Music, which eventually brought national attention to local luminaries like John Prine and Steve Goodman. The story continues through the end of the twentieth century and into the present day, where artists like Jon Langford, The Handsome Family, and Wilco meld contemporary experimentation with country traditions. Featuring a foreword from Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Robbie Fulks and casting a cross-genre net that stretches from Bob Dylan to punk rock, Country and Midwestern rediscovers a history as sprawling as the Windy City—celebrating the creative spirit that modernized American folk idioms, the colorful characters who took them into new terrain, and the music itself, which is still kicking down doors even today.

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Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book SPIN written by and published by . This book was released on 1999-07 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.

Author : Gary Y. Okihiro
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610696131
Total Pages : 1985 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great American Mosaic [4 volumes] written by Gary Y. Okihiro and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 1985 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firsthand sources are brought together to illuminate the diversity of American history in a unique way—by sharing the perspectives of people of color who participated in landmark events. This invaluable, four-volume compilation is a comprehensive source of documents that give voice to those who comprise the American mosaic, illustrating the experiences of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Each volume focuses on a major racial/ethnic group: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Latinos. Documents chosen by the editors for their utility and relevance to popular areas of study are organized into chronological periods from historical to contemporary. The collection includes eyewitness accounts, legislation, speeches, and interviews. Together, they tell the story of America's diverse population and enable readers to explore historical concepts and contexts from multiple viewpoints. Introductions for each volume and primary document provide background and history that help students understand and critique the material. The work also features a useful primary document guide, bibliographies, and indices to aid teachers, librarians, and students in class work and research.

Author : Jessie Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313357978
Total Pages : 1916 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture [4 volumes] written by Jessie Smith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-12-17 with total page 1916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This four-volume encyclopedia contains compelling and comprehensive information on African American popular culture that will be valuable to high school students and undergraduates, college instructors, researchers, and general readers. From the Apollo Theater to the Harlem Renaissance, from barber shop and beauty shop culture to African American holidays, family reunions, and festivals, and from the days of black baseball to the era of a black president, the culture of African Americans is truly unique and diverse. This diversity is the result of intricate customs forged in tightly woven communities—not only in the United States, but in many cases also stemming from the traditions of another continent. Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture presents information in a traditional A–Z organization, capturing the essence of the customs of African Americans and presenting this rich cultural heritage through the lens of popular culture. Each entry includes historical and current information to provide a meaningful background for the topic and the perspective to appreciate its significance in a modern context. This encyclopedia is a valuable research tool that provides easy access to a wealth of information on the African American experience.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1054 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : American Railway Engineering Association
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1530 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bulletin - American Railway Engineering Association written by American Railway Engineering Association and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : American Bankers Association. Convention
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Convention of the American Bankers' Association written by American Bankers Association. Convention and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the constitution and by-laws and a list of the officers ; issues for 1880- also include appendices.