On March 26, 2012, we published Blackness in Opera, which examines the intersections of race and music in the multifaceted genre of opera. The collection’s editors, Naomi André, Karen M. Bryan, […]
Category: music
George Szell biography featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition
On July 7, 2012, NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday featured a segment on Michael Charry’s recent biography of Cleveland Orchestra conductor George Szell. “Michael Charry was the ‘sorcerer’s apprentice’ to celebrated 20th-century […]
Woody Guthrie, American Radical featured on Democracy Now!
The July 4, 2012, edition of Democracy Now! is dedicated to Woody Guthrie’s upcoming 100th birthday (July 14). Will Kaufman, author of the recent University of Illinois Press book Woody […]
The TLS reviews Squeeze This!
The June 29, 2012, issue of The Times Literary Supplement includes an enthusiastic review of Marion Jacobson’s new book Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America. “Marion […]
Diane Diekman interviewed by Cowboys & Indians
The Telegraph blog of Cowboys & Indians magazine recently interviewed one of our authors. From the post: “In Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins, Diane Diekman offers a […]
Q&A with Bean Blossom author Thomas A. Adler
The 46th Annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival begins June 9 and runs through June 16. We spoke with Thomas A. Adler, author of the recent book Bean Blossom: The Brown […]
Banjos and Bluegrass
The 46th Annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, “The oldest, continuous running bluegrass festival in the world,” is less than a month away. We have a robust selection of […]
Book trailer for The Beautiful Music All Around Us
Stephen Wade’s forthcoming book The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience will be published in September 2012. Visit Stephen’s information page for details on his […]
Stephen Wade: Banjo Diary and The Beautiful Music All Around Us
In September 2012 musician and author Stephen Wade will simultaneously publish his latest projects: an hour-long CD titled Banjo Diary: Lessons from Tradition (Smithsonian Folkways) and the book The Beautiful Music All […]
Squeeze This! launch party in New York City
On May 17, 2012, the Bowery Poetry Club in NYC will host a launch party for Marion Jacobson’s new book Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America. Dr. Jacobson […]
Squeeze This! reviewed in the Wall Street Journal
The April 14, 2012 issue of The Wall Street Journal featured a review of Marion Jacobson’s new University of Illinois Press book Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion […]
Meta DuEwa Jones on Left of Black
Meta DuEwa Jones, author of the recent book The Muse Is Music: Jazz Poetry from the Harlem Renaissance to Spoken Word, was a guest in the second half of the April 2, […]