The Wall Street Journal‘s Barry Mazor looks at Rounder Records’ 40th anniversary and speaks with Michael Scully, author of The Never-Ending Revival: Rounder Records and the Folk Alliance. Unlike most post-folk-revival […]
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Blues before noon
Steve Cushing, author of the new book Blues Before Sunrise: The Radio Interviews, was interviewed March 1 on WGN-TV’s Midday News. […]
Steve Cushing on WGN-TV
Steve Cushing, author of the new book Blues Before Sunrise: The Radio Interviews, will be interviewed March 1, in the 11:00 a.m. hour, on WGN-TV’s Midday News. […]
Studying the Dead
I never liked the Grateful Dead. In high school I wrote a piece for the school newspaper on my Deadhead friend’s experience at a “punk rock” concert (I took him […]
Record Makers and Breakers available in paperback
John Broven’s critically acclaimed book Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneers will be published in paperback on Monday, February 22, 2010. A sample of […]
Graduation day
The Crown Prince of Soul celebrates a new graduating class. […]
Patrick Roberts Chicago media blitz
Watch Patrick Roberts, co-author of the new book Give ‘Em Soul, Richard! Race, Radio, and Rhythm and Blues in Chicago, on WGN-TV’s Midday News. Listen to Patrick Roberts on […]
The Crown Prince of Soul celebrated
On February 1, Columbia College’s Center for Black Music Research will host a private event to celebrate the publication of Give ‘Em Soul, Richard! Race, Radio, and Rhythm and Blues in […]
Man of Constant Education by Charles Joyner
Some years ago, Ralph Stanley made a fascinating comment on the life on a prominent touring musician. He told me that he was usually able to book Saturday performances close enough […]
The Wall Street Journal reviews “Barrelhouse Words”
The December 26, 2009, edition of The Wall Street Journal included an enthusiastic review of Stephen Calt’s new book Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary. An impeccably scholarly, irresistibly […]
The Oxford Times features Shipton
Alyn Shipton, author of the new book I Feel a Song Coming On: The Life of Jimmy McHugh, was featured in the December 11, 2009, edition of The Oxford Times. […]
Celebration of Richard Stamz
I had a good meeting yesterday at the Center for Black Music Research about a launch event for the forthcoming book Give ‘Em Soul, Richard! Race, Radio, and Rhythm and […]