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Mapping Violeta Parra's Cultural Landscapes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Patricia Vilches Mapping Violeta Parra's Cultural Landscapes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Patricia Vilches
R2,188 Discovery Miles 21 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

One of the leading figures in Latin American folk music and art during her lifetime, Violeta Parra was a vital force in the artistic, musical, visual, cultural, and social cultural production of the Chilean 1960s. Fifty years after her death, she continues to deeply influence artists of the present day. This book revisits Parra's work and legacy to illustrate her global impact across artistic and political boundaries. Contributors offer multi-disciplinary perspectives that delineate how Parra contributed to shaping and-at the same time-antagonizing, societal processes in mid-20th century Chile.

The Day is So Long and the Wages So Small - Music on a Summer Island (Paperback, New edition): Samuel B. Charters The Day is So Long and the Wages So Small - Music on a Summer Island (Paperback, New edition)
Samuel B. Charters
R247 Discovery Miles 2 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the summer of 1958, jazz and blues historian Samuel Charters traveled with Ann Danberg to Andros, a remote island "on the wrong side of the wind" in the Bahamas. Living within a small local community descended from a handful of Bahamian slaves, they discovered how the unique historical fusion of disparate cultures on Andros, from Africa and Europe, had resulted in a wealth of traditional music that had stubbornly resisted the influx of modern styles. Combining rare travel and musical elements with Danberg's evocative photographs, Char-ters describes their search for a song so rich and startling in its resonance, they had to follow it to its source. "Just about the best 'what-I-did-on-my-summer-vacation' report ever written." --"Booklist "(starred review)

The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, Vol 2 (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Bertrand Harris Bronson The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, Vol 2 (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Bertrand Harris Bronson
R1,076 Discovery Miles 10 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads begins where Francis Child's The English and Scottish Popular Ballads leaves off. Bronson has collected all available tunes for each of Child's ballads, annotated and organized them, with notes describing the history and development of each tune and tune family. This is an indispensable text for ballad scholars, performers, and students of the ballad tradition.

The Songs of Joni Mitchell - Gender, Performance and Agency (Paperback): Anne Karppinen The Songs of Joni Mitchell - Gender, Performance and Agency (Paperback)
Anne Karppinen
R1,488 Discovery Miles 14 880 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

An unorthodox musician from the start, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's style of composing, performing, and of playing (and tuning) the guitar is unique. In the framework of sexual difference and the gendered discourses of rock this immediately begs the questions: are Mitchell's songs specifically feminine and, if so, to what extent and why? Anne Karppinen addresses this question focusing on the kind of music and lyrics Mitchell writes, the representation of men and women in her lyrics, how her style changes and evolves over time, and how cultural context affects her writing. Linked to this are the concepts of subjectivity and authorship: when a singer-songwriter sings a song in the first person, about whom are they actually singing? Mitchell offers a fascinating study, for the songs she writes and sings are intricately woven from the strands of her own life. Using methods from critical discourse analysis, this book examines recorded performances of songs from Mitchell's first nine studio albums, and the contemporary reviews of these albums in Anglo-American rock magazines. In one of the only books to discuss Mitchell's recorded performances, with a focus that extends beyond the seminal album Blue, Karppinen explores the craft of Mitchell's songwriting and her own attitudes towards it, as well as the dynamics and politics of rock criticism in the 1960s and 1970s more generally.

The Places of Van Morrison's Songwriting - Venturing in the Slipstream (Hardcover): Geoff Munns The Places of Van Morrison's Songwriting - Venturing in the Slipstream (Hardcover)
Geoff Munns
R4,023 Discovery Miles 40 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Gathers into a coherent schema all previous work and moves the discourse forward intellectually with the most comprehensive survey of Van Morrison's work to date. The book will appeal to readers of literature, cultural studies and Irish studies as well as Music Studies.

On the Trail of Americana Music (Paperback): Ralph Brookfield On the Trail of Americana Music (Paperback)
Ralph Brookfield; Interview of Paul Kelly, Lindi Ortega, Yola Carter, Kasey Chambers, …
R545 R504 Discovery Miles 5 040 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this thorough exploration of the history and spread of Americana Music around the world, Ralph Brookfield goes beyond the headlines to uncover what drives singer songwriters to go to Nashville, play in small clubs and create their music against the increasingly difficult backdrop of Covid-19, dwindling recording revenues and fragmentation of the music industry. With so many music venues closed and incomes reduced, musicians speak of their hopes and fears for the future of the industry in challenging times. Extracts from interviews with: Emily Barker, Yola, Troy Cassar-Daley, Kasey Chambers, Dave Cobb, Paul Kelly, Lindi Ortega, Wildwood Kin and many more. --Publisher "Publisher website"

Studies in Maltese Popular Music (Paperback): Philip Ciantar Studies in Maltese Popular Music (Paperback)
Philip Ciantar
R1,312 Discovery Miles 13 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines the diverse facets of popular music in Malta, paying special attention to ghana (Malta's folk song), the wind band tradition, and modern popular music. Ciantar provides intriguing discussions and examples of how popular music on this small Mediterranean island country interacts with other aspects of the island's life and culture such as language, religion, history, customs, and politics. Through a series of ethnographic vignettes, the book explores the music as it takes place in bars, at festivals, and during village celebrations, and considers how it is talked about in the local press, at group gatherings, and on social media. The ethnography adopted here is that of a native musician and ethnomusicologist and therefore marries the author's memories with ongoing observations and their evaluation.

Researching Secular Music and Dance in the Early United States - Extending the Legacy of Kate Van Winkle Keller (Paperback):... Researching Secular Music and Dance in the Early United States - Extending the Legacy of Kate Van Winkle Keller (Paperback)
Laura Lohman
R1,314 Discovery Miles 13 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book provides a practical introduction to researching and performing early Anglo-American secular music and dance with attention to their place in society. Supporting growing interest among scholars and performers spanning numerous disciplines, this book contributes quality new scholarship to spur further research on this overshadowed period of American music and dance. Organized in three parts, the chapters offer methodological and interpretative guidance and model varied approaches to contemporary scholarship. The first part introduces important bibliographic tools and models their use in focused examinations of individual objects of material musical culture. The second part illustrates methods of situating dance and its music in early American society as relevant to scholars working in multiple disciplines. The third part examines contemporary performance of early American music and dance from three distinct perspectives ranging from ethnomusicological fieldwork and phenomenology to the theatrical stage. Dedicated to scholar Kate Van Winkle Keller, this volume builds on her legacy of foundational contributions to the study of early American secular music, dance, and society. It provides an essential resource for all those researching and performing music and dance from the revolutionary era through the early nineteenth century.

Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music - America Changed Through Music (Paperback): Ross Hair, Thomas Ruys Smith Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music - America Changed Through Music (Paperback)
Ross Hair, Thomas Ruys Smith
R1,495 Discovery Miles 14 950 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Released in 1952, the Anthology of American Folk Music was the singular vision of the enigmatic artist, musicologist, and collector Harry Smith (1923-1991). A collection of eighty-four commercial recordings of American vernacular and folk music originally issued between 1927 and 1932, the Anthology featured an eclectic and idiosyncratic mixture of blues and hillbilly songs, ballads old and new, dance music, gospel, and numerous other performances less easy to classify. Where previous collections of folk music, both printed and recorded, had privileged field recordings and oral transmission, Smith purposefully shaped his collection from previously released commercial records, pointedly blurring established racial boundaries in his selection and organisation of performances. Indeed, more than just a ground-breaking collection of old recordings, the Anthology was itself a kind of performance on the part of its creator. Over the six decades of its existence, however, it has continued to exert considerable influence on generations of musicians, artists, and writers. It has been credited with inspiring the North American folk revival-"The Anthology was our bible", asserted Dave Van Ronk in 1991, "We all knew every word of every song on it"-and with profoundly influencing Bob Dylan. After its 1997 release on CD by Smithsonian Folkways, it came to be closely associated with the so-called Americana and Alt-Country movements of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Following its sixtieth birthday, and now available as a digital download and rereleased on vinyl, it is once again a prominent icon in numerous musical currents and popular culture more generally. This is the first book devoted to such a vital piece of the large and complex story of American music and its enduring value in American life. Reflecting the intrinsic interdisciplinarity of Smith's original project, this collection contains a variety of new perspectives on all aspects of the Anthology.

The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, Vol 1 (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Bertrand Harris Bronson The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, Vol 1 (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Bertrand Harris Bronson
R1,065 Discovery Miles 10 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads begins where Francis Child's The English and Scottish Popular Ballads leaves off. Bronson has collected all available tunes for each of Child's ballads, annotated and organized them, with notes describing the history and development of each tune and tune family. This is an indispensable text for ballad scholars, performers, and students of the ballad tradition.

Fonn - the Campbells of Greepe - Music and a Sense of Place in a Gaelic Family Song Tradition (English, Irish, Hardcover): The... Fonn - the Campbells of Greepe - Music and a Sense of Place in a Gaelic Family Song Tradition (English, Irish, Hardcover)
The Campbell Family
R928 Discovery Miles 9 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Sami Musical Performance and the Politics of Indigeneity in Northern Europe (Hardcover): Thomas Hilder Sami Musical Performance and the Politics of Indigeneity in Northern Europe (Hardcover)
Thomas Hilder
R2,827 Discovery Miles 28 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Sami are Europe s only recognized indigenous people living across regions of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Russian Kola peninsula. The subjects of a history of Christianization, land dispossession, and cultural assimilation, the Sami have through their self-organization since World War II worked towards Sami political self-determination across the Nordic states and helped forge a global indigenous community. Accompanying this process was the emergence of a Sami music scene, in which the revival of the distinct and formerly suppressed unaccompanied vocal tradition of joik was central. Through joiking with instrumental accompaniment, incorporating joik into forms of popular music, performing on stage and releasing recordings, Sami musicians have played a key role in articulating a Sami identity, strengthening Sami languages, and reviving a nature-based cosmology. Thomas Hilder offers the first book-length study of this diverse and dynamic music scene and its intersection with the politics of indigeneity. Based on extensive ethnographic research, Hilder provides portraits of numerous Sami musicians, studies the significance of Sami festivals, analyzes the emergence of a Sami recording industry, and examines musical projects and cultural institutions that have sought to strengthen the transmission of Sami music. Through his engaging narrative, Hilder discusses a wide range of issues revival, sovereignty, time, environment, repatriation and cosmopolitanism to highlight the myriad ways in which Sami musical performance helps shape notions of national belonging, transnational activism, and processes of democracy in the Nordic peninsula. Sami Musical Performance and the Politics of Indigeneity in Northern Europe will not only appeal to enthusiasts of Nordic music, but, by drawing on current interdisciplinary debates, will also speak to a wider audience interested in the interplay of music and politics. Unearthing the challenges, contradictions and potentials presented by international indigenous politics, Hilder demonstrates the significance of this unique musical scene for the wider cultural and political transformations in twenty-first century Europe and global modernity."

As I Walked Out - Sabine Baring-Gould and the Search for the Folk Songs of Devon and Cornwall (Paperback): Martin Graebe As I Walked Out - Sabine Baring-Gould and the Search for the Folk Songs of Devon and Cornwall (Paperback)
Martin Graebe; Foreword by Steve Roud
R620 Discovery Miles 6 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Shortly before his death, the Devonshire-born cleric, writer and antiquarian, Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) wrote: 'To this day I consider that the recovery of our West Country melodies has been the principal achievement of my life.' Though there have been a number of biographies of this Victorian polymath, none has looked in detail at his role as a leading figure in the English folk song. Most of Baring-Gould's childhood was spent travelling in Europe with his family. Away from the influences of a conventional education he explored the mythology, romances and folklore of northern Europe and took particular delight in the Icelandic sagas. He entered the church at the age of thirty and became a curate in Yorkshire where he accumulated folk tales, riddles and the first of the thousands of traditional songs he collected during his long life. He inherited the Lew Trenchard estate in Devon to become both squire and parson of this little parish. It was in 1888 that a chance remark at dinner prompted his hunt for old songs in the area around his home. From Lew Trenchard he travelled around Devon and Cornwall to meet the singers in their pubs and their cottages and to coax them to part with their old songs. He used his celebrity status as a leading novelist and writer to bring the folk songs of the West Country to a wider audience through his publications, lectures, costume concerts and the first folk opera, Red Spider, based on one of his novels and on songs he had heard. The books of songs that he published have been criticised for the way in which he edited them for publication, striking out coarse material or rewriting songs but, in doing so, he was acknowledging the limits and demands of public taste of his time. Martin Graebe has been fascinated by Baring-Gould for many years, but the re-discovery of a large quantity of his personal papers in 1992 propelled him towards a re-evaluation of Baring-Gould's work on folk song. What he has uncovered is a fascinating collaborative project between Baring-Gould and the musicians, singers and ordinary members of the public in Devon and Cornwall. He also looks at his relationships with other folk song collectors such as Lucy Broadwood, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Cecil Sharp. This book will be of interest, not just to enthusiasts for English folk song, but also to those who wish to know more about their place in the lives of the ordinary people of the late nineteenth century.

Bob Dylan in Performance - Song, Stage, and Screen (Paperback): Keith Nainby, John M Radosta Bob Dylan in Performance - Song, Stage, and Screen (Paperback)
Keith Nainby, John M Radosta
R1,189 Discovery Miles 11 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This study of Bob Dylan's art employs a performance studies lens, exploring the distinctive ways he brings words and music to life on recordings, onstage, and onscreen. Chapters focus on the relationship of Dylan's recorded performances to the historical bardic role, to the American popular song tradition, and to rock music culture. His uses of both stage and studio to shape his performances are explored, as are his forays into cinema. Special consideration is given to his vocal performances and to his use of particular personae as a performer. The full scope of Dylan's body of work to date is situated in terms of the influences that have shaped his performances and the ways these performances have shaped contemporary popular music.

Folk Tales of Song and Dance (Hardcover): Pete Castle Folk Tales of Song and Dance (Hardcover)
Pete Castle
R398 R362 Discovery Miles 3 620 Save R36 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The life of the travelling musician hasn't changed much over the millennia. For a prehistoric harper, a medieval fiddler or a modern guitar player, the experience is pretty much the same: there are times when everything goes well and others when nothing does. But it's not just performing that can go wrong - listening can also be dangerous! Can you stop dancing when you get tired or must you keep going until the music stops ... if it ever does? What happens if it carries on past midnight? What if it turns you to stone? Pete Castle has selected a variety of traditional tales from all over the UK (and a few from further afield) to enthral you, whether you are a musician, a dancer, or a reader who likes to keep dangerous things like singing and dancing at arm's length.

England's Folk Revival and the Problem of Identity in Traditional Music (Hardcover): Joseph Williams England's Folk Revival and the Problem of Identity in Traditional Music (Hardcover)
Joseph Williams
R4,480 Discovery Miles 44 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Williams locates the roots of contemporary definitions of traditional music, including UNESCO-designated intangible cultural heritage, in the theory of English folk music developed in 1907 by Cecil Sharp. For scholars and graduate students in musicology, cultural studies, and ethnomusicology, the book is an ambitious and provocative challenge to entrenched habits of thought in the study of traditional music and the historiography of England's folk revival.

Discordant Comicals - The Hooden Horse of East Kent (Hardcover, 2nd Enhanced edition): George Frampton Discordant Comicals - The Hooden Horse of East Kent (Hardcover, 2nd Enhanced edition)
George Frampton
R841 Discovery Miles 8 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Journeyman - An Autobiography (Paperback, New): Ewan MacColl Journeyman - An Autobiography (Paperback, New)
Ewan MacColl; Introduction by Peggy Seeger
R776 Discovery Miles 7 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This new edition of "Journeyman," Ewan MacColl's vivid and entertaining autobiography, has been re-edited from the original manuscript, and includes a new introduction by Peggy Seeger, for whom he wrote the unforgettable "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." MacColl, a singer, songwriter, actor, playwright and broadcaster, begins this fascinating account with his working class Salford childhood, traces the founding and life of Theatre Workshop, one of Britain's most innovative theatre companies, then moves on to his work with folksingers, the Radio Ballads and his ascent into old age. Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger were among the main leaders of the UK folksong revival. "Journeyman" documents their struggle to secure the integrity of that revival as the popular media appropriated and re-created traditional music for commercial gain. An entertaining and thought-provoking slice of British history, it will appeal to those interested in the histories of folk music, theatre, radio, left-wing politics and the Manchester area.

The Happiness in Child-Raising - A Japanese-Austrian Project and Family Culture in Japan (Paperback, New edition): Tatsuo... The Happiness in Child-Raising - A Japanese-Austrian Project and Family Culture in Japan (Paperback, New edition)
Tatsuo Yamamura, Hanns Stekel
R809 Discovery Miles 8 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The book shows the importance for parents to encourage a child's imagination. Imagination has a strong connection to language and logical thinking for a child in learning and it promotes their sociability where children are led to success. Presenting a Japanese-Austrian music-project that took place in Utsunomiya (Japan), the study offers a new view on children's imagination, their different family cultures and the role of parents in raising successful children.

Singing the English - Britain in the French Musical Lowbrow, 1870-1904 (Hardcover): Hannah L. Scott Singing the English - Britain in the French Musical Lowbrow, 1870-1904 (Hardcover)
Hannah L. Scott
R4,483 Discovery Miles 44 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Late nineteenth-century France was a nation undergoing an identity crisis: the uncertain infancy of the Third Republic and shifting alliances in the wake of the Franco-Prussian War forced France to interrogate the fundamental values and characteristics at the heart of its own national identity. Music was central to this national self-scrutiny. It comes as little surprise to us that Oriental fears, desires, and anxieties should be a fundamental part of this, but what has been overlooked to date is that Britain, too, provided a thinking space in the French musical world; it was often - surprisingly and paradoxically - represented through many of the same racialist terms and musical tropes as the Orient. However, at the same time, its shared history with France and the explosions of colonial rivalry between the two nations introduced an ever-present tension into this musical relationship. This book sheds light on this forgotten musical sphere through a rich variety of contemporary sources. It visits the cafe-concert and its tradition of 'Englishing up' with fake hair, mocking accents, and unflattering dances; it explores the reactions, both musical and physical, to British evangelical bands as they arrived in the streets of France and the colonies; it considers the French reception of, and fascination with, folk music from Ireland and Scotland; and it confronts the culture shock felt by French visitors to Britain as they witnessed British music-making for the first time. Throughout, it examines the ways in which this music allowed French society to grapple with the uncertainty of late nineteenth-century life, providing ordinary French citizens with a means of understanding and interrogating both the Franco-British relationship and French identity itself.

Carols for Choirs - Carols for Choirs Words Booklet (Sheet music, Words ed): David Willcocks, John Rutter Carols for Choirs - Carols for Choirs Words Booklet (Sheet music, Words ed)
David Willcocks, John Rutter
R525 Discovery Miles 5 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This booklet contains the words of fifty well-known carols and hymns which can be sung by congregation or audience. Most of these are for Christmas, with the addition of some Advent, Epiphany, and Easter items. Virtually all appear in 100 Carols for Choirs or earlier 'Carols for Choirs' volumes, though in some cases the choral arrangements in those books are not intended for congregational or audience participation. The texts accord with those in most hymnals and in the 'Carols for Choirs' series, though punctuation, capitalization, and spelling have been standardized according to present-day usage.

Contemporary Music Tourism - A Theory of Musical Topophilia (Paperback): Leonieke Bolderman Contemporary Music Tourism - A Theory of Musical Topophilia (Paperback)
Leonieke Bolderman
R1,362 Discovery Miles 13 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores the growing phenomenon of music tourism - instances of people visiting places because of a connection with music. Asking how an abstract art form such as music can lead to tourism and how the popularity of music tourism in contemporary culture might be explained, it presents a comparative study of musical tourism in various locations across Europe, in relation to a range of musical genres. Through the concept of 'musical topophilia', the author offers a timely and insightful analysis of the affective attachment to place and music, showing how and why music literally moves people. This account enables us to grasp the complex ways in which music, place, and tourism are connected in practice. Based on empirical case studies, Contemporary Music Tourism lays the foundation for a theoretical grounding of music tourism as a research field and, as such, will appeal to scholars of geography, music, sociology, tourism, and cultural studies.

Translation and Popular Music - Transcultural Intimacy in Turkish-Greek Relations (Paperback, New edition): Sebnem Susam-Saraeva Translation and Popular Music - Transcultural Intimacy in Turkish-Greek Relations (Paperback, New edition)
Sebnem Susam-Saraeva
R1,615 Discovery Miles 16 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Research on translation and music has so far focused mainly on "art music" and on issues such as quality, singability and accessibility. Studies which seek to embed translation and music within their historical and sociocultural contexts are relatively rare. This book aims to shed light on how translations of popular music contribute to fostering international relations by focusing on a case study of Turkish-Greek rapprochement in the last two decades. It provides a brief account of the thaw in relations between the two countries and then examines the ways in which translation and music have played a role in these changes. By looking at the phenomenon through the music's various forms of materiality (on paper, in audio and through the internet) and the different forms the accompanying translations take, and by drawing on a range of disciplines (popular music studies, sociology of music, ethnomusicology, social anthropology, comparative literature and fan studies), the book aims to foreground the multifaceted nature of translation and music and their wide-ranging impact on society and international relations.

I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like - Mostly True Tall Tales (Paperback): Todd Snider I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like - Mostly True Tall Tales (Paperback)
Todd Snider
R500 R469 Discovery Miles 4 690 Save R31 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For years, Todd Snider has been one of the most beloved country-folk singers in the United States, compared to Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, John Prine, and dozens of others. He's become not only a new-century Dylan but a modern-day Will Rogers, an everyman whose intelligence, self-deprecation, experience, and sense of humor make him a uniquely American character. In live performance, Snider's monologues are cheered as much as his songs. But never before has he told the whole story. Running the gamut from personal memoir to shaggy-dog comedy to rueful memories of his troubles and triumphs with drugs and alcohol to sharp-eyed observations from years on the road, "I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like" is for fans of Snider's music, but also for fans of America itself: the broad, wild country that has produced figures of folk wisdom like Will Rogers, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Tonya Harding, Garrison Keillor, and more. There are storytellers and there are performers and there are stand-up comedians. And then there's Todd Snider, who is all three in one, and something else entirely.

A Few Honest Words - The Kentucky Roots of Popular Music (Paperback): Jason Howard A Few Honest Words - The Kentucky Roots of Popular Music (Paperback)
Jason Howard; Foreword by Rodney Crowell
R579 Discovery Miles 5 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In industry circles, musicians from Kentucky are known to possess an enviable pedigree -- a lineage as prized as the bloodline of any bluegrass-raised Thoroughbred. With native sons and daughters like Naomi and Wynonna Judd, Loretta Lynn, the Everly Brothers, Joan Osborne, and Merle Travis, it's no wonder that the state is most often associated with folk, country, and bluegrass music. But Kentucky's contribution to American music is much broader: It's the rich and resonant cello of Ben Sollee, the velvet crooning of jazz great Helen Humes, and the famed vibraphone of Lionel Hampton. It's exemplified by hip-hop artists like the Nappy Roots and indie folk rockers like the Watson Twins. It goes beyond the hallowed mandolin of Bill Monroe and banjo of the Osborne Brothers to encompass the genres of blues, jazz, rock, gospel, and hip-hop. A Few Honest Words explores how Kentucky's landscape, culture, and traditions have influenced notable contemporary musicians. Featuring intimate interviews with household names (Naomi Judd, Joan Osborne, and Dwight Yoakam), emerging artists, and local musicians, author Jason Howard's rich and detailed profiles reveal the importance of the state and the Appalachian region to the creation and performance of music in America.

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