Labor's Troubadour

Joe Glazer

• Paperback | Music in American Life
• For more than half a century, armed only with his guitar, reams of songs, and conviction, Glazer has marshaled the power of music to fight for union r... Lees meer

Union Divided

Leta E Miller

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• An in-depth account of the Black locals within the American Federation of Musicians In the 1910s and 1920s, Black musicians organized more than fifty ... Lees meer

Banjo Roots and Branches

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• The story of the banjo's journey from Africa to the western hemisphere blends music, history, and a union of cultures. In Banjo Roots and Branches , R... Lees meer

My Lord, What a Morning

Marian Anderson

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• My Lord, What a Morning is a gentle and engrossing memoir, abounding with the tender and inspiring stories of Marian Anderson's life in her own modest... Lees meer

Charles Ives in the Mirror

David C Paul

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954) has gone from being a virtual unknown to become one of the most respected and lauded composers in American ... Lees meer

Bird

Chuck Haddix

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• Saxophone virtuoso Charlie "Bird" Parker began playing professionally in his early teens, became a heroin addict at 16, changed the course of music, a... Lees meer

Leonard Bernstein and the Language of Jazz

Katherine Baber

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• Leonard Bernstein's gifts for drama and connecting with popular audiences made him a central figure in twentieth century American music. Though a Bern... Lees meer

Twentieth Century Drifter

Diane Diekman

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins is the first biography of this legendary country music artist and NASCAR driver who scored sixtee... Lees meer

Always the Queen

Denise Lasalle, David Whiteis

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• Denise LaSalle's journey took her from rural Mississippi to an unquestioned reign as the queen of soul-blues. From her early R&B classics to bold and ... Lees meer

Listening to Bob Dylan

Larry Starr

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• Venerated for his lyrics, Bob Dylan in fact is a songwriting musician with a unique mastery of merging his words with music and performance. Larry Sta... Lees meer

Danzón Days

Hettie Malcomson

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• Winner of the 2024 BFE Book Prize (British Forum for Ethnomusicology) Older people negotiating dance routines, intimacy, and racialized differences pr... Lees meer

Flaco's Legacy

Erin E Bauer

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• A combination of button accordion and bajo sexto, conjunto originated in the Texas-Mexico borderlands as a popular dance music and became a powerful f... Lees meer

Artful Noise

Thomas Siwe

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• Twentieth-century composers created thousands of original works for solo percussion and percussion ensemble. Concise and ideal for the classroom, Artf... Lees meer

Right to the Juke Joint

Patrick B Mullen

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• The cowboy songs and dusty Texas car rides of his youth set Patrick B. Mullen on a lifelong journey into the sprawling Arcadia of American music. That... Lees meer

A Cole Porter Companion

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• Balancing sophisticated melodies and irresistible rhythms with lyrics by turns cynical and passionate, Cole Porter sent American song soaring on gossa... Lees meer

Musical Landscapes in Color

William C Banfield

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• Now available in paperback, William C. Banfield's acclaimed collection of interviews delves into the lives and work of forty-one Black composers. Each... Lees meer

Blues Unlimited

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• British blues fan Mike Leadbitter launched the magazine Blues Unlimited in 1963. The groundbreaking publication fueled the then-nascent, now-legendary... Lees meer

The Accordion in the Americas

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• An invention of the Industrial Revolution, the accordion provided the less affluent with an inexpensive, loud, portable, and durable "one-man-orchestr... Lees meer

Soul on Soul

Tammy L Kernodle

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• First time in paperback and e-book! The jazz musician-composer-arranger Mary Lou Williams spent her sixty-year career working in--and stretching beyon... Lees meer

The Heart of a Woman

Rae Linda Brown

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• Book Prize Winner of the International Alliance for Women in Music of the 2022 Pauline Alderman Awards for Outstanding Scholarship on Women in Music T... Lees meer

On the Bus with Bill Monroe

Mark Hembree

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• A backstage audition led Mark Hembree into a five-year stint (1979-1984) as the bassist for Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. Hembree's journey included ... Lees meer

American Opera

Elise K Kirk

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• Tired of Tannhäuser? Bored with Bohème? Open your imagination to boundless creativity and wide-ranging repertory of American opera. Elise K. Kirk prov... Lees meer

Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals

Christopher M Reali

• Paperback | Engels | Music in American Life
• A No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022 The forceful music that rolled out of Muscle Shoals in the 1960s and 1970s shaped hits by everyone f... Lees meer

Music in the Age of Anxiety

James Wierzbicki

• Hardcover | Engels | Music in American Life
• Derided for its conformity and consumerism, 1950s America paid a price in anxiety. Prosperity existed under the shadow of a mushroom cloud. Optimism w... Lees meer