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December 15, 2021 (December 20, 2021)

Q&A With Alejandro Madrid, Author of Tania León’s Stride

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Alejandro L. Madrid, author of Tania León’s Stride: A Polyrhythmic Life, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. Q: Why did you decide to […]

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November 6, 2020 (September 23, 2021)

Q&A with Sara E. Lampert, Author of Starring Women

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Author, Sara E. Lampert, of Starring Women: Celebrity, Patriarchy, and American Theater, 1790-1850 answers questions about her purpose for writing, book influences, and discoveries about entertainers for her book. Q: […]

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April 4, 2017 (March 22, 2017)

Happy Birthday, Muddy Waters

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Longing for that down home music? Looking for a shot of brilliance? Tryin’ to forget that you asked for water and your woman/man gave you gasoline? Then you must be celebrating the 100th […]

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October 10, 2016 (October 11, 2016)

Sa-lute! to Penny Parsons

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Last week, the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) named UIP author Penny Parsons Bluegrass Print/Media Person of the Year. A tireless music journalist, Parsons also published Foggy Mountain Troubadour: The […]

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July 21, 2016 (July 20, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday: Sounds of Joy

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The UIP catalog includes an immense store of knowledge about American music. We don’t publish blog posts on Sunday morning, so we’re taking this beautiful Thursday to point the way […]

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July 20, 2016 (July 11, 2016)

Release Party: A Cole Porter Companion

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If Harold Arlen built a reputation for chronicling love on the rocks, Cole Porter gained lasting fame and the adulation of a grateful culture for his celebrations of successful romance. […]

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July 8, 2016 (July 6, 2016)

You the Mancini

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Successful beyond belief in his chosen trade of making soundtrack music, Henry Mancini also enjoyed good fortune (made one, too) with forays into the pop charts. When he hit, he […]

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March 10, 2016 (March 10, 2016)

Throwbacklist Thursday: Furry’s People

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“Virtuosity in playing blues licks is like virtuosity in celebrating the Mass, it is empty, it means nothing. Skill—competence—is a necessity, but a true blues player’s virtue lies in his […]

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February 17, 2016 (February 15, 2016)

When the clock strikes rock

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One of the most important singles in American music history, “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets was the B-side of his first Decca single, a post-apocalyptic novelty […]

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September 24, 2015 (September 22, 2015)

Throwbacklist Thursday

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The University of Illinois Press thinks country and western music hung the moon. Our list of C&W books reads like a who’s who of that musical form’s rhinestone-studded history. You want singers? […]

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