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March 1, 2023 (February 28, 2023)

Free E-book Giveaway: UNLIKELY ANGEL

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March’s free e-book is here! Check out Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton by Lydia R. Hamessley before the month is over!  Dolly Parton’s success as a performer and […]

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September 27, 2022 (September 26, 2022)

IBMA 2022 Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use […]

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September 28, 2021 (September 29, 2021)

IBMA 2021 Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the University of Illinois Press’s 2021 International Bluegrass Music Association virtual exhibit. Step inside, and browse our collection of bluegrass titles, playlists, and more. Also, enjoy 50% off […]

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October 21, 2020 (October 22, 2020)

SEM Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the 2020 University of Illinois Press Society of Ethnomusicology Virtual Exhibit! While we wish this could be an in-person event, we’re still excited to show you our Ethnomusicology […]

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September 28, 2020 (September 25, 2020)

IBMA Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the Press’s 2020 IBMA Virtual Exhibit. Step inside, and browse our extensive collection of bluegrass titles, author publications, playlists, and more. Also, enjoy 50% off all bluegrass titles, […]

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June 10, 2020 (June 4, 2020)

Banjo Roots and Branches Awarded American Musical Instrument Society’s Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize

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We are pleased to announce Banjo Roots and Branches edited by Robert B. Winans has won the American Musical Instrument Society’s Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize. The Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize is awarded […]

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September 23, 2019 (September 23, 2019)

Your Foggy Mountain Breakdown Playlist

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This month we’re publishing Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Making of An American Classic by Thomas Goldsmith. It’s a deep dive into the origins and influence of “Foggy Mountain […]

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October 29, 2018 (October 29, 2018)

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About the Banjo

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Spanning centuries of music history, the banjo remains a recognizable and unique instrument in genres including bluegrass and folk. As the banjo reaches new parts of the world, we can […]

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October 26, 2018 (October 15, 2018)

Sneak Peek Inside “Bill Monroe: The Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man”

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Tom Ewing presents fans of bluegrass music with an in-depth and long-awaited biography on the Blue Grass Man himself, Bill Monroe. Called “insightful” by The Wall Street Journal,  Bill Monroe: The […]

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September 20, 2018

Meet our authors at IBMA’s World of Bluegrass

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Meet our authors at IBMA’s World of Bluegrass! Barbara Martin Stephens, Don’t Give Your Heart to A Rambler Mike Doubler, Dixie Dewdrop: The Uncle Dave Macon Story Neil Rosenberg, Bluegrass […]

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June 8, 2018 (May 30, 2018)

Songs about William McKinley

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Remember President William McKinley? Maybe you discussed the Dingley Tariff just the other day. Actually, most people remember McKinley because an anarchist shot him in the early months of his second term in office. His passing opened […]

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March 15, 2018 (March 5, 2018)

New #PressforProgress Reading List: Essential books on Women in Music

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 In honor of Women’s History Month, UIP will be releasing weekly reading lists with some of our favorite women’s history books. We are joining the call to #PressforProgress for gender […]

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