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 […]
Category: music
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 […]
Bean Blossom
To preview the upcoming Bean Blossom music fest and celebrate the publication of Thomas Adler’s new book Bean Blossom: The Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Festivals, David Brent Johnson […]
NPR’s Deceptive Cadence celebrates George Szell’s birthday
NPR’s Deceptive Cadence classical music blog highlights Michael Charry’s new book George Szell: A Life of Music on Szell’s 114th birthday. “Szell’s position as music director in Cleveland was both long and fruitful. […]
The Monthly Review on Woody Guthrie, American Radical
Scott Borchert’s review of Woody Guthrie, American Radical published in the May 2011 issue of Monthly Review is now available online. “As Will Kaufman argues in his wonderful and uncompromising book, […]
No Depression reviews Sacred Steel
There are many No Depression fans here at the Press so we’re always pleased when the roots music authority highlights one of our titles. This month Grant Alden discusses Robert […]
Restless Giant wins Country Music Book of the Year Award
Bar Biszick-Lockwood’s book Restless Giant: The Life and Times of Jean Aberbach and Hill and Range Songs will receive the Country Music Book of the Year Award by the International Country Music […]
Hazel Dickens passes away
We received the sad news late last week that musician Hazel Dickens died at the age of 75. She was the subject and co-author (with Bill Malone) of the 2008 […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education reviews Woody Guthrie, American Radical
The April 3, 2011, issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education includes a profile of Will Kaufman’s new book Woody Guthrie, American Radical. “Yes, there have been two major biographies—Joe Klein’s […]
Will Kaufman’s Woody Guthrie U.S. tour
Finished copies of Will Kaufman’s book Woody Guthrie, American Radical arrived from the printer last week. The official publication date is April 11, 2011, but the book is starting to […]
Robert Stone & the Campbell Brothers celebrate Arhoolie
On Sunday February 6, 2011, Robert Stone, author of Sacred Steel: Inside an African American Steel Guitar Tradition, will join members of the Campbell Brothers for a panel discussion of […]
Music & the Wesleys event
On Sunday, January 30, Faith United Methodist Church in Champaign, Illinois, will host an event for the new book Music and the Wesleys, which was co-edited by Nicholas Temperley and […]