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This is the second in a series of books focusing upon the history
of folk music. This volume concentrates on the period that
continues to fuel popular music to the present. It was an exciting
time, one that changed the complexity of folk music. Included are
biographies and discographies of such noted personalities as Harry
Belafonte, Buffy St. Marie, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Simon
and Garfunkel, and Peter, Paul and Mary. With information on
influential artists from other countries (the Clancy Brothers,
Miriam Makeba and others), people "behind the scenes" and major
political figures, here is a solid representation of an epoch that
still generates enormous enthusiasm.
This book focuses on 50 of the most important entertainers in
contemporary country music, providing a brief biography of each
artist with special emphasis on experiences that influenced their
musical careers. The work is divided into five distinct categories.
""The New Traditionalists"" features artists such as George Strait,
Reba McEntire, and Clint Black, who established the mainstream
country sound in the 1980s and delivered country music to urban
America for the first time. ""Alternative Country"" features
artists such as Steve Earle and Bela Fleck, who made country music
on their own terms and explored radical or alternative sounds.
""Groups"" includes several ensemble acts, among them Alabama, The
Dixie Chicks, and Rascal Flatts, that have carried on the
tight-knit traditions of the Carter family and other prominent
groups of the 1920s and 1930s. ""Country-Pop"" features artists
such as Garth Brooks and Shania Twain who firmly established the
""countrypolitan"" sound as the cash cow of Nashville while also
attracting a new generation of fans. Finally, ""New Country""
focuses on the next generation of country-pop artists, with
particular attention paid to international megastars, such as Keith
Urban, and teen sensations, including LeAnn Rimes and Taylor Swift.
This volume focuses on fifty of the most important entertainers in
the history of country music, from its beginnings in the folk music
of early America through the 1970s. Divided into five distinct
categories, it discusses the pioneers who brought mountain music to
mass audiences; cowboys and radio stars who spread country music
countrywide; honky-tonk and bluegrass musicians who differentiated
country music during the 1940s; the major contributions that female
artists made to the genre; and the modern country sound which
dominated the genre from the late 1950s to the mid - 1980s. Each
entry includes a brief biography of the chosen artist with special
emphasis on experiences which influenced their musical careers.
Covered musicians include Fiddlin' John Carson, Riley Puckett, Gene
Autry, Roy Rogers, Bob Willis, Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Sr.,
Dale Evans, June Carter Cash, Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens, Roy Clark,
Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard.
From its very beginnings, the nature of jazz has been to reinvent
itself. As the musical genre evolved from its roots - blues,
European music, Voodoo ceremonies, and brass bands that played at
funerals, parades and celebrations - the sound reflected the tenor
of the times, from the citified strains of the Roaring '20s to the
Big Band swing of pre - World War II to the bop revolution that
grew out of the minimalist sound the war forced upon the art form.
That the music continued to develop and evolve is a tribute to the
power and creativity of its musicians. Charlie Parker, Thelonious
Monk, Sarah Vaughan, Art Blakey, Dave Brubeck, Sun Ra, John
Coltrane, Miles Davis, Diana Krall, Archie Shepp, Chick Corea,
Branford Marsalis, Larry Coryell, and Kenny Kirkland are just some
of the jazz greats profiled here. The five major periods of jazz -
the bop revolution, hard bop and cool jazz, the avant-garde,
fusion, and contemporary - form the basis for the sections in this
reference work, with a brief history of each period provided. The
artists who were integral to the evolution of each period are then
profiled. Each biographical entry focuses on the artist's life and
his or her influence on jazz and on music as a whole. A complete
discography for each musician is also provided.
The story of the first roughly half century of jazz is really the
story of some of the greatest musicians of all time. Scott Joplin,
Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count
Basie, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald all made
tremendous contributions, influencing countless jazz musicians and
singers. This work provides biographical sketches of the
aforementioned artists and many others who made jazz so popular in
the first half of the twentieth century. Biographies cover the
pioneers of jazz in New Orleans in the late 1890s and early 1900s;
the soloists who fueled the Jazz Age in the 1920s; the musicians
and bandleaders of the big band and swing era of the late 1920s and
early 1930s; and icons from the height of jazz's popularity on
through the end of the war. A discography is provided for each
artist.
This reference volume is intended for both the casual and the most
avid blues fan. It is divided into five separately introduced
sections and covers 50 artists with names like Muddy, Gatemouth and
Hound Dog who helped shape 20th-century American music. Beginning
with the pioneering Mississippi Delta bluesmen, the book then
follows the spread of the genre to the city, in the section on the
Chicago Blues School. The third segment covers the Texas blues
tradition; the fourth, the great blueswomen; and the fifth, the
genres development outside its main schools. The styles covered
range from Virginia-Piedmont to Bentonia and from barrelhouse to
boogie-woogie. The main text is augmented by substantial
discographies and a lengthy bibliography.
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