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) […]
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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 […]
Laughter by Loyal Jones
When I received an advance copy of my book, I first thought of James “Goober” Buchanan, who had written me recently at age 100 to say he hoped to live to […]
Time Out Chicago profiles “The Hayloft Gang”
Chad Berry’s new edited collection, The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance, was profiled by Robert Loerzel in the August 7-13, 2008, issue of Time Out Chicago. […]
Kim Ruehl on her interview with Bess Lomax Hawes
Kim Ruehl, editor of About.com’s Folk Music, blogs ecstatic about her interview with Bess Lomax Hawes. “Holy crap, what a remarkable historical source. That may have been the interview highlight […]
The straight and flat road
Sir Paul was just passing through Springfield, Illinois, over the weekend? […]
Just Landed: New books on soy, cinema studies, and women journalists
A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past week: –Blues Empress in Black Chattanooga: Bessie Smith and the Emerging Urban South by Michelle R. Scott (August 25, […]
Pickin’ the banjer
Roni Stoneman, co-author of the recent memoir Pressing On: The Roni Stoneman Story, performed with Mona Jo Griffin at the Andy Griffith Playhouse. Someone in the audience filmed the event and uploaded footage to Youtube. […]
The Washington Post previews Roni Stoneman
The July 24 Fairfax edition of the Washington Post features a preview of Roni Stoneman’s upcoming weekend concert, background on this legendary performer, and a nod to her recent University of […]
The Wire lauds “John Cage”
UK’s The Wire magazine, modern music’s arbiter of good taste, recently reviewed John Cage, David Nicholl’s “very fine book” in our American Composers series. “To the casual cultural onlooker, John Cage is […]