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Exploring Roots Music
Nolan . Ed(S): Porterfield
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Description for Exploring Roots Music
Hardback. This quarterly reprints 27 representative articles published in the JEMF Quarterly over the years, until it ceased publication in 1985. Editor(s): Porterfield, Nolan. Series: American Folk Music and Musicians Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGH; AVGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
From its beginnings in the early 1920s, commercial country music—as performed on stage, on records, radio, and in movies—became an increasingly pervasive and lively part of American life, yet some forty years passed before it was given serious attention by writers, historians, scholars, and students of national culture. The first publication founded for promoting the systematic research and recognition of country music was the John Edwards Memorial Foundation (JEMF) Quarterly at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1965. Over time, the JEMF Quarterly brought to light the lives and careers of dozens of pioneer musicians, including Alfred G. ... Read more
From its beginnings in the early 1920s, commercial country music—as performed on stage, on records, radio, and in movies—became an increasingly pervasive and lively part of American life, yet some forty years passed before it was given serious attention by writers, historians, scholars, and students of national culture. The first publication founded for promoting the systematic research and recognition of country music was the John Edwards Memorial Foundation (JEMF) Quarterly at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1965. Over time, the JEMF Quarterly brought to light the lives and careers of dozens of pioneer musicians, including Alfred G. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
American Folk Music and Musicians Series
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810848931
SKU
V9780810848931
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About Nolan . Ed(S): Porterfield
Nolan Porterfield has written widely about American music and culture. He has won the Center for American History's Historical Achievement Award (1997) and has been nominated for a Grammy award for Best Album Notes (1987). He is the author of five books including his most recent, Last Cavalier - a biography of pioneer folksong collector John Lomax.
Reviews for Exploring Roots Music
It's hard to imagine anyone with a serious interest in the music being disappointed with this publicationnnnn
Dirty Linen
...includes an informative introduction by Porterfield detailing the history of the JEMF and the QUARTERLY itself. Thanks to Porterfield's superb choice of material, readers are introduced to many of the leading historians of country music, whose writings remain ... Read more
Dirty Linen
...includes an informative introduction by Porterfield detailing the history of the JEMF and the QUARTERLY itself. Thanks to Porterfield's superb choice of material, readers are introduced to many of the leading historians of country music, whose writings remain ... Read more