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, […]
Category: music
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 […]
The Makers of the Sacred Harp
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress recently hosted a lecture by David Warren Steel, author of the new book The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Steel discusses the […]
“Gone to the Country” reviewed in The Wall Street Journal
The December 18, 2010, issue of The Wall Street Journal features a review of Ray Allen’s new book Gone to the Country: The New Lost City Ramblers and the Folk Music […]
WSJ.com recommends Sacred Steel for the holidays
The Wall Street Journal‘s online holiday gift guide recommends Sacred Steel: Inside an African American Steel Guitar Tradition. “The steel guitar is fundamental to the rollicking music of Pentecostal worship […]
Launch event for Gone to the Country
On Saturday, November 20, The Jalopy Theatre in Brooklyn will host a launch event for Ray Allen’s new book Gone to the Country: The New Lost City Ramblers and the […]