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 […]
Category: music
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 […]
Will Kaufman on WGN-TV
Will Kaufman discusses his new book Woody Guthrie, American Radical on the August 5, 2011, edition of WGN-TV’s Midday News. […]
Cleveland’s Plain Dealer reviews George Szell
George Szell is best known for conducting the Cleveland Orchestra. On Sunday, July 10, 2011, the orchestra’s hometown daily paper, the Plain Dealer, published a review of Michael Charry’s new book […]
NPR in SF interviews Will Kaufman
Will Kaufman, author of the new book Woody Guthrie, American Radical, was a guest July 25 on San Francisco’s National Public Radio affiliate KQED. Forum host Michael Krasny and Will Kaufman […]
Library Journal lauds Carla Bley
In October 2011 we will publish Carla Bley, Amy Beal’s volume in the American Composers series. Library Journal published an advance review in its July 2011 issue. “Beal … expertly contextualizes Bley’s career […]
Woody Guthrie, American Radical On Tour
Will Kaufman, author of the new book Woody Guthrie, American Radical, is starting his cross-country U.S. tour in two weeks in Los Angeles. Most of Kaufman’s presentations will include performances of Woody […]
Montague’s magnificent collection
In November 2003, the University of Illinois Press published Burn, Baby! BURN!, the autobiography of famed R&B deejay Magnificent Montague. The June 19, 2011, issue of the Las Vegas Review-Journal features an […]