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October 13, 2016 (October 12, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday: Gutsy Reads

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Teach the controversy! Like any academic press, UIP delves into the taboo, the transgressive, and the fringe. Such books reflect our belief that a lot of topics go unseen, and […]

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September 15, 2016 (September 15, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday: Humor Has It

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One man’s opinion: if I had to choose the hardest gig in show business or performance, without a doubt I would say “comedian.” It is hard to spin a funny story. […]

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May 12, 2016 (May 12, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday: The Stories We Tell

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Humanity has undoubtedly told stories since forever. Possibly our ancestors acted or danced them before speech found its way into our brains. Writing brought religious texts and Gilgamesh but even […]

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February 29, 2016 (February 19, 2016)

Flatfooting on YouTube

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In Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics, musician, dancer, and scholar Phil Jamison tells the story behind the square dances, step dances, reels, and other forms of dance practiced in southern Appalachia. […]

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November 4, 2015 (November 2, 2015)

“Everybody likes stories”

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Daisy Turner, the shotgun-wielding centenarian, was someone Jane Beck was anxious to meet. Beck, the Executive Director Emeritus and Founder of the Vermont Folklife Center, recounted her first encounter with Daisy […]

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July 6, 2015 (June 9, 2015)

Daisy Turner’s words

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Daisy Turner was a woman of many words. The storyteller and poet was a living repository of history. She related the stories of her own family, from the abduction of […]

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June 4, 2015 (June 4, 2015)

Survey Says!: It’s a un-livin’ thing

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In the temperate zone of North America, June is busting out all over. The tree near the railroad tracks spreads its verdant canopy over lunchtime picnickers. Staff gardener Margo tirelessly […]

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November 17, 2014 (November 18, 2014)

Squeeze This! wins SEM award

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Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America by Marion Jacobson has won the 2014 Klaus Wachsmann Prize for Advanced and Critical Essays in Organology from the Society for […]

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October 2, 2014 (September 29, 2014)

Congratulations to Neil Rosenberg

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Tonight, the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) will induct folklorist, musician, bluegrass historian, and University of Illinois Press author Neil V. Rosenberg into the International Bluegrass Hall of Fame at […]

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August 6, 2014

Accordionist Weird Al hits #1

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For the first time in his 30 year career, singer, parodist and accordionist “Weird Al” Yankovic has a #1 slot on the Billboard charts with his album Mandatory Fun. What’s […]

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October 2, 2013 (September 30, 2013)

Vernacular music and learning with Christopher Smith

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Christopher Smith, author of The Creolization of American Culture gave a TED talk at Lubbock called “The Homeland of the Mind,” focusing on how people learn. Smith is an associate […]

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September 5, 2013 (September 5, 2013)

The Beautiful Music All Around Us awarded by ARSC

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Stephen Wade’s book, The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience has been awarded Best History in the 2013 The Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) […]

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