A handful of new books landed on my desk in the past two weeks: –William Grant Still by Catherine Parsons Smith (July 21, 2008) –About Bach edited by Gregory G. Butler, […]
Category: music
Background music, my top 25
Some time ago, Entertainment Weekly featured a column by author Stephen King about his 25 favorite songs. After he made his list, King checked his iTunes playlist counter and found that what he […]
Popmatters reviews “Follow Your Heart”
Joe Evans and Christopher Brooks’s Follow Your Heart received an 8 out of 10 from Popmatters. “The life of Joe Evans is intriguingly scattershot and full of cameos from celebrities […]
Hazel Dickens to appear on “Jubilee”
A Hazel Dickens performance filmed in Owensboro, Kentucky, during the summer of 2007 for Jubilee will air on KET June 18, 2008. Hazel’s new book book with Bill Malone, Working Girl Blues: […]
Bess Lomax Hawes’s “MTA Song”
Peter Dreier blogged yesterday about the new issue of Dissent magazine that includes his piece on the origins of MTA Song. Bess Lomax Hawes, author of the new memoir Sing It Pretty, […]
“Follow Your Heart” reviewed in the Washington Times
William F. Gavin reviews the Joe Evans autobiography Follow Your Heart for the The Washington Times. “For every Armstrong or Ellington or Charlie Parker, there were countless musicians, their names […]
“Working Girl Blues” reviewed in Nashville’s City Paper
Ron Wynn gives Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens a quick read in the City Paper. “Working Girl Blues puts the spotlight on a magnificent performer whose […]
The Stonemans & the Country Music Hall of Fame
CMT.com has a wrap up of the induction ceremony for Pop Stoneman’s entry into the Country Music Hall of Fame. “The Stoneman daughters, backed by Cowboy Jack Clement on vocals […]
Sacred Harp on the Road by Kiri Miller
I wrote the following message to a national Sacred Harp listserv in December of 2006, during a two-year postdoctoral appointment at the University of Alberta. This research fellowship allowed me to […]
NEW YORK, NEW YORKED!
Sometimes, to maintain credibility, you need to point out the not-so-good reviews. The publicist sheepishly suggests, all publicity is good publicity. […]
Hazel Dickens radio interview
NPR affiliate WJFF Radio Catskill will air a segment featuring an interview with Hazel Dickens at 12:00 noon eastern time on Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Listen live, or via the station […]
Joe Evans’s hometown daily profiles “Follow Your Heart”
The Richmond Times-Dispatch profiles Joe Evans’s new autobiography Follow Your Heart: Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing, and Rhythm and Blues in advance of the book’s launch sponsored by the Richmond Jazz […]