Miles White’s From Jim Crow to Jay-Z: Race, Rap, and the Performance of Masculinity has picked up some recent endorsements. The book examines how representations of black masculinity in musical and cultural […]
Category: music
Q&A with Carla Bley author Amy Beal
In November 2011 we published Carla Bley, the first extended treatment of this innovative composer. Author Amy Beal, a professor of music at the University of California, Santa Cruz, explains her approach […]
Cuban Zarzuela wins AMS award
Cuban Zarzuela: Performing Race and Gender on Havanna’s Lyric Stage by Susan Thomas was awarded the Robert M. Stevenson Award presented by the American Musicological Society (AMS) for outstanding scholarship […]
Plaudits for Carla Bley
On November 21, 2011, we published Carla Bley, the latest edition in our American Composers series. Author Amy Beal has received praise from a variety of review outlets for capturing Bley’s […]
Iran-Contra, Crack Cocaine, and the Transformation of Hip-Hop by Miles White
In August of 1985, the United States government under the administration of President Ronald Reagan secretly and illegally began selling weapons to Iran, which was engaged in what would be […]
Crowe on the Banjo in the Lexington Herald-Leader
On October 2, J.D. Crowe’s hometown newspaper, the Lexington Herald-Leader, featured a review of Marty Godbey’s new book Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J.D. Crowe. “Early chapters […]
The Hayloft Gang arrives
In August 2008 we published a collection edited by Chad Berry titled The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance. The book, a look at the nation’s most popular country […]
Book-TV to air Woody Guthrie, American Radical program
On September 17, 2011, C-Span’s Book-TV will air Will Kaufman’s Woody Guthrie, American Radical program, which was filmed at Barnes & Noble’s New York/Upper West Side location on August 23rd. […]
Michael Charry at the Cleveland Orchestra
Michael Charry’s biography of conductor George Szell has collected excellent review notices since its publication in late June. “Charry examines Szell’s personal life in greater detail than has been afforded […]
Crowe at the Red Slipper
Marty Godbey’s posthumous Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J.D. Crowe arrived from the printer today. The publication date is September 26, 2011, but our distributor will begin shipping […]
The Guardian profiles Woody Guthrie, American Radical author Will Kaufman
UK’s The Guardian recently profiled Woody Guthrie, American Radical author Will Kaufman. Will Kaufman kicks back in the Presidential Inn on the edge of the tiny town of West Branch, […]
George Szell reviewed in The Wall Street Journal
The July 29, 2011, issue of The Wall Street Journal featured a review of Michael Charry’s new book George Szell: A Life of Music. “Mr. Charry examines Szell’s personal life in greater detail […]