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Tag Archives: Music in American Life
Q&A with Sara E. Lampert, Author of Starring Women
in american history, and sexuality studies, film, gender studies, music, Q&A, theatre, women's history
Tagged American history, film studies, gender studies, Music in American Life
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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: Why did you decide to write this book? I have … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Muddy Waters
in Best of Illinois, biography, music
Tagged blues, Blues All Day Long, Jimmy Rogers, Muddy Waters, music, Music in American Life, Wayne Everett Goins
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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 birthday (or it might be the 102nd birthday) of McKinley Morganfield, … Continue reading
Sa-lute! to Penny Parsons
in biography, bluegrass, music
Tagged bluegrass, Curley Seckler, event, Music in American Life, 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 Life and Music of Curly Seckler, an account of the … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday: Sounds of Joy
in biography, music
Tagged African American Women, gospel music, Music in American Life
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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 to some offerings on sacred music–the practitioners, history, and theory, … Continue reading
Release Party: A Cole Porter Companion
in biography, music
Tagged Cole Porter, Don M. Randel, Matthew Shaftel, music, Music in American Life, Susan Forscher Weiss
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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. Oh, the man worked the cloudier side of the street, with “Ev’ry Time … Continue reading
You the Mancini
in biography, music
Tagged biography, film, Henry Mancini, John Caps, music, Music in American Life
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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 hit big. His Theme from Peter Gunn not only sold … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday: Furry’s People
in African American Studies, music, photography
Tagged Bessie Smith, blues, Furry Lewis, Music in American Life, Throwbackist Thursday
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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 acceptance of his life, a life for which he is … Continue reading
When the clock strikes rock
in music
Tagged Bill Haley, cold war, James Wierzbicki, Music in American Life, Music in the Age of Anxiety
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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 tune called “Thirteen Women (And Only One Man in Town).” Like … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday
in biography, music
Tagged bluegrass, country and western, country music, Music in American Life, rockabilly, 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? Our bill features hitmakers and hip shakers like the Singing Sheriff Faron … Continue reading