Illinois Press Blog » music http://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress Author appreciation, broadcast bulletins, event ephemera & recent reviews from the University of Illinois Press Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:50:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Publishers Weekly reviews “Record Makers and Breakers” http://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/?p=1718 http://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/?p=1718#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:55:27 +0000 michael /wordpress/?p=1718 Continue reading →
]]> Cover for BROVEN: Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers. Click for larger imageThe November 17, 2008, issue of Publishers Weekly includes an enthusiastic review of John Broven’s forthcoming book Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneers (February 2009).

“Covering the convoluted history of the recording industry from the 1940s to the 1960s, [Broven] combines in-depth archival research with fascinating anecdotes about chart-toppers, shady characters and label owners. . . . The impact of conniving entrepreneurs on the musicians and the layering of rich details and digressive detours as Broven traces the transition from R&B to rock make this equal to Roger D. Kinkle’s massive, four-volume Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz.

]]> http://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1718 2 Hazel Dickens radio interview http://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/?p=335 http://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/?p=335#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:00:30 +0000 michael /wordpress/?p=335 Continue reading →
]]> NPR affiliate WJFF Radio Catskill will air a segment featuring an interview with Hazel Dickens at 12:00 noon eastern time on Tuesday, April 15, 2008.  Listen live, or via the station archives following the broadcast.

The new book Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens by Hazel Dickens and Bill C. Malone will be published on May 12, 2008.

 

 

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