October’s free e-book is here! Check out Manifest Technique: Hip Hop, Empire, and Visionary Filipino American Culture by Mark R. Villegas before the month is over! Filipino Americans have been […]
Free E-book Giveaway: MANIFEST TECHNIQUE

October’s free e-book is here! Check out Manifest Technique: Hip Hop, Empire, and Visionary Filipino American Culture by Mark R. Villegas before the month is over! Filipino Americans have been […]
In celebration of Classical Music Month, please enjoy this curated list of books and journal articles that highlight the study of a timeless art form. South Side Impresarios: How Race […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2024 International Bluegrass Music Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use […]
September’s free e-book is here! Check out On the Bus with Bill Monroe: My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass by Mark Hembree before the month is over! […]
Helen Rees, the editor of Instrumental Lives: Musical Instruments, Material Culture, and Social Networks in East and Southeast Asia, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide […]
Clifford R. Murphy, the author of Ink: The Indelible J. Mayo Williams, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I felt that […]
Darius Brubeck and Catherine Brubeck, the author of Playing the Changes: Jazz at an African University and on the Road, answers questions on their new book. Q: Why did you […]
We’re pleased to announce that four forthcoming music titles have been awarded publication subventions from the American Musicological Society. These funds help offset the costs of publication and allow us […]
We are delighted to announce that Candace Bailey’s book, Unbinding Gentility: Women Making Music in the Nineteenth-Century South, has been awarded funding from the Fellowships Open Book Program of the […]
Mikel Rouse, the author of The World Got Away: A Memoir, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? To set the record […]
Tony Perman and Stefan Fiol, the editors of Music Making Community, answer questions on their new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? We wrote this book […]
Created by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, this month celebrates the African American musical influences that comprise an essential part of our nation’s treasured cultural heritage. Let’s dig in with […]