David Brent Johnson posts an article that he wrote in 2000 about the Billie Holiday song “Strange Fruit” in advance of his radio interview this weekend on WFIU with Terry Trilling-Josephson, […]
Category: music
The Huffington Post remembers Bess Lomax Hawes’s hit
Peter Dreier and Jim Vrabel, writing for The Huffington Post, celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Kingston Trio recording “MTA.” The group deserves credit for helping to launch the folk […]
Kirkus reviews “Cafe Society”
The February 1, 2009, issue of Kirkus Reviews includes a rave for the forthcoming book Cafe Society: The Wrong Place for the Right People (University of Illinois Press, April 2009). “An […]
The New York Times mentions “King of the Queen City”
Sunday’s New York Times profiled Cincinnati’s King Records, an early recording home to James Brown. In the piece, writer RJ Smith mentioned our forthcoming book King of the Queen City: The […]
Jazz, Race, and Cafe Society in the Wall Street Journal
In today’s Wall Street Journal Nat Hentoff illuminates jazz music’s impact on the civil rights movement and includes a nod to our forthcoming book Cafe Society: The Wrong Place for the […]
Starred review for “Record Makers and Breakers” in Library Journal
The January 2009 issue of Library Journal includes a starred review of John Broven’s forthcoming book Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneers (April 2009). […]
LA City Beat interviews Roni Stoneman
LA City Beat interviewed Roni Stoneman for a December 15 show preview. “Roni Stoneman has a head cold and she loves what it could do for her: ‘I should go record […]
Publishers Weekly reviews “Record Makers and Breakers”
The November 17, 2008, issue of Publishers Weekly includes an enthusiastic review of John Broven’s forthcoming book Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneers (February […]
At Friml’s Dining Room Table by William Everett
William Everett is author of the latest volume in our American Composers series, Rudolf Friml. ***** Researching the life and music of Rudolf Friml for the new book was (and remains) […]
Just Landed: November & December titles
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past few weeks: –Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader edited by Julie Malnig (November […]
Music Tomes interviews Loyal Jones
Loyal Jones, author of the new book Country Music Humorists and Comedians, is featured in an interview on the Music Tomes site. “MT: During a time when there was great […]
Just Landed: A bevy of new books
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past few weeks: –Terrence Malick by Lloyd Michaels (October 20, 2008) –Health Culture in the Heartland, 1880-1980: An Oral History […]