Discovering Country Music (Hardcover)

Don Cusic

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Discovering Country Music chronicles the incredible evolution of country music in America -- from the fiddle to the pop charts -- and provides an insightful account of the reasons and motives that have determined its various transformations and offshoots over the years. In order to understand what country music is today, and why, it is essential to understand how it makes its money -- the basic revenue streams, the major companies involved, and how country artists such as Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Toby Keith, and Rascal Flatts are booked and marketed. In Discovering Country Music author Don Cusic helps readers do that, and goes even further, covering not only the business and the technology that have shaped the industry, but also tackling the question of country's relationship to the other major genres of the American recording industry, including pop, blues, and rock music. Discovering Country Music is broken down into ten sections which include: key musical trends; ancillary business trends such as recording technology, radio, and the recording industry; and prominent artists, including as a small sample Stephen Foster, The Carter Family, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, The Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, and Kenny Chesney. This work should appeal to fans, scholars, educators, libraries and the general reader alike.

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Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2008
First published:	July 2008
Authors:	Don Cusic
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-35245-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > General Books > Music > General Promotions
LSN:	0-313-35245-3
Barcode:	9780313352454