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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Dixie Dewdrop First Recipient of a Grant from the Judith McCulloh Fund for American Music
The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce that Dixie Dewdrop: The Uncle Dave Macon Story by Michael Doubler has been selected as the first grant recipient of the […]
“Chinatown Opera Theater in North America” wins Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Country, Folk, Roots, or World Music
We’re pleased to announce that Chinatown Opera Theater in North America by Nancy Yunhwa Rao has won a Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Country, Folk, Roots, or […]
Michael Heller, editor of “Jazz and Culture”, named as a 2018 ACLS Fellow!
Congratulations to Michael Heller, the editor of Jazz and Culture, on being named one of the 2018 American Council of Learned Society Fellows! The 2018 ACLS Fellowship was awarded to […]
3rd & FINAL IPad Giveaway
The University of Illinois Press is celebrating its 100th Anniversary this year. In order to celebrate, we decided to do something special for our readers. In honor of 100 years, we have […]
A Q&A with Walter Aaron Clark, author of “Los Romeros: Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar”
Walter Aaron Clark is Distinguished Professor of Musicology and the founder/director of the Center for Iberian and Latin American Music at the University of California, Riverside. His books include Isaac Albéniz: Portrait […]
Celebrating Black Music Month
June is Black Music Month! Here are several titles to help you celebrate and appreciate black artists who have influenced the music industry. Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement Naomi Andre […]
Songs about William McKinley
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 […]
Q&A with Naomi André, author of “Black Opera: History, Power, and Engagement”
Naomi André is an associate professor in the departments of African and Afroamerican Studies and Women’s Studies and the associate director in the Residential College at the University of Michigan. She […]
New #PressforProgress Reading List: Essential books on Women in Music
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 […]
#ReadingBlackout: 4 Great Books on Black Music
This black history month, UIP is joining the #ReadingBlackout challenge and we want you to too! The Reading Blackout challenge was created by YouTuber Denise D. Cooper and it’s a […]
Q&A with Jean R. Freedman, author of “Peggy Seeger: A Life of Music, Love, and Politics”
Jean R. Freedman earned a Ph.D. in folklore from Indiana University. She is the author of Whistling in the Dark: Memory and Culture in Wartime London. She recently answered some questions about […]