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 […]
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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 […]
Woody Guthrie, American Radical galleys
In April 2011 we will publish Will Kaufman’s book Woody Guthrie, American Radical. Utilizing a wealth of previously unseen archival materials such as letters, song lyrics, essays, personal reflections, photos, […]
Stephen Calt, R.I.P.
We received the sad news, confirmed this week, that Stephen Calt passed away earlier this month. Stephen authored the recent University of Illinois Press title Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary, which […]
Two books honored by ARSC
Two University of Illinois Press titles, Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of Independent Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneers by John Broven and King of the Queen City: The Story of King Records […]
What a Family! by Nicholas Temperley
Samuel Sebastian Wesley was born two hundred years ago — to be exact, on August 14, 1810. I will never forget hearing his anthem, “Blessed be the God and Father,” […]
Robert Stone talks sacred steel in Miami’s New Times
Miami’s New Times interviewed Robert Stone, author of Sacred Steel: Inside an African American Steel Guitar Tradition, in advance of his October 28 event at Books & Books in Coral […]
Sacred Steel at the AFS Annual Meeting by Robert Stone
Sacred steel guitarist Aubrey Ghent will perform his soulful music at the American Folklore Society annual meeting in Nashville, Wednesday, October 13, at 8:00 pm. Aubrey is a master of […]
Mississippi Sacred Steel by Robert Stone
I look forward to visiting Mississippi this winter to continue documenting musicians from the Jewell Dominion side of the sacred steel guitar tradition. Shown here, left to right, are Jamel […]
The New Lost City Ramblers
We just received finished copies of Ray Allen’s new book Gone to the Country: The New Lost City Ramblers & the Folk Music Revival. Formed in 1958 by Mike Seeger, […]
NPR’s Here and Now features “Blues Before Sunrise”
The September 13, 2010, edition of NPR’s syndicated program Here & Now featured a segment on Steve Cushing’s recent book Blues Before Sunrise: The Radio Interviews. Listen to the author interview […]