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November 24, 2014 (December 1, 2014)

Emily Abrams Ansari wins ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award

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The University of Illinois Press wishes to congratulate Emily Abrams Ansari, a recipient of the 46th annual ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award. Her award winning article, “Vindication, Cleansing, Catharsis, […]

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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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November 17, 2014 (October 28, 2014)

New in paperback: American music and American history

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Two UIP titles are available in paperback editions today. Charles Ives in the Mirror: American Histories of an Iconic Composer Charles Ives was a virtual unknown in his lifetime. But […]

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November 10, 2014 (November 10, 2014)

Event: Remembering World War One

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11-11-11: World War I Remembered through Words and Melody Guest lecture featuring William Brooks 11:00 a.m. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music Admission: Free The eleventh hour of the […]

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November 6, 2014

Happy Saxophone Day: celebrate with the re-inventor

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On November 6, 1814 Adophe Sax was born in Wallonia, Belgium. Sax invented many musical instruments but the one for which he is best known (and has immortalized his name) […]

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November 4, 2014 (October 21, 2014)

Richard K. Wolf discusses The Voice in the Drum

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Based on extensive field research in India and Pakistan, Richard K. Wolf’s The Voice in the Drum is a unique examination of  how drumming and voices interconnect over vast areas […]

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November 3, 2014 (October 15, 2014)

New in paperback: creole culture and beer hall anarchists

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Two UIP titles are available in paperback editions today. The Creolization of American Culture: William Sidney Mount and the Roots of Blackface Minstrelsy Painter William Sidney Mount created some of […]

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October 31, 2014 (October 31, 2014)

Hear Our Truths: Black Girl Genius Week November 3-8

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Ruth Nicole Brown’s book Hear Our Truths: The Creative Potential of Black Girlhood examines how Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths, or SOLHOT, a radical youth intervention, provides a space […]

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October 27, 2014

Chicken in the coffee pot: a pioneer’s blues tale

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Steve Cushing’s book Pioneers of the Blues Revival is a treasure trove for blues fans who want to learn the stories behind such roots music giants as Mississippi John Hurt, […]

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October 14, 2014

Happy birthday, Natalie Maines

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Name one other banjo player who wears Prada. And I don’t mean Prada overalls. —Natalie Maines The lead singer of the breakout bluegrass trio the Dixie Chicks, Natalie Maines, was […]

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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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September 27, 2014 (September 25, 2014)

Beyond “El Paso”: a story song survey

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Story songs had won love from an admiring public since the days when drunken Vikings flung wandering skalds into a nearby volcano. When the wireless came along, story songs filled […]

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