Welcome to the University of Illinois Press Society for American Music 2020 virtual exhibit! Step inside and take a look at some of our featured titles on music in America, as well as interviews with UIP authors and specially curated playlists inspired by our books. Don’t forget to use promo code SAM20 to get 50% off all music books on our website! Plus, buy 3 books and get a free copy of the Spring 2020 issue of American Music. The sale runs July 16-18, 2020, so don’t miss out!
Tammy Kernodle is the president of the Society of American Music and author of Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams
Please welcome Todd Decker, the new editor of American Music. Read more about him here.
A toast to UIP winners of 2019 SAM awards
Naomi André, winner of the Irving Lowens Book Award
Katherine K. Preston, winner of the Distinguished Service Citation
Marian Wilson Kimber, winner of a Sight and Sound Subvention
New Books
Let’s Talk!
Make an appointment to talk about your book project with music editor Laurie Matheson or about your journal article with Todd Decker, editor of American Music.
To schedule an appointment with Laurie Matheson, please email lmatheso@illinois.edu
To schedule an appointment with Todd Decker, please email tdecker@wustl.edu
Click here for American Music, currently available on JSTOR for free access
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Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton
Always the Queen: The Denise LaSalle Story
Rocking the Closet: How Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis Queered Pop Music
Hillbilly Maidens, Okies, and Cowgirls: Women’s Country Music, 1930-1960
Hear from our Authors and Editors
- Sally Bick on “Film music as political expression” from Afternoon Drive with Chris dela Torre
- William Brooks, Christina Bashford, and Gayle Magee’s lecture-recital at Library of Congress on the music of World War 1
- Rae Linda Brown on “The Life and Music of Florence Price,” from Black Perspectives
- Thomas Goldsmith on “Story of Earl Scruggs’ ‘Foggy Mountain Breakdown’ is epic. New book breaks it down” from The News & Observer
- Thomas Goldsmith on “The Untold Stories Behind ‘Foggy Mountain Breakdown’” from WUNC The State of Things
- Thomas Goldsmith on Sidetrack Linear Notes
- Q&A with Jake Johnson, author of Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America
- Jake Johnson on “‘Saturday’s Warrior’ and ‘Book of Mormon’: A look at the faith’s tie to musical theater” from Mormon Land
- Jake Johnson on the Cultural Hall Podcast
- Suzanne Robinson on “Peggy Glanville-Hicks – musical maverick” from The Music Show with Andrew Ford
- Q&A with Christopher J. Smith, author of Dancing Revolution
- Q&A with Vincent L. Stephens, author of Rocking the Closet
- Vincent L. Stephens on Music Journalism Insider
- Vincent L. Stephens on “Rocking the Closet: Sexuality in Music, Opinions on Dua Lipa, Waxahatchee & Melkbelly” from WBEZ Sound Opinions
