The Life and Music of Booker "Bukka" White
David W. Johnson
The first full-length biography of one of the greatest country blues performers
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781496853448
- Publication Date: Dec 2024
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The Purple One
Judson L. Jeffries
An electric collection of essays and reflections on an enigmatic musical legend
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781496853882
- Publication Date: Nov 2024
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Making Mexican Rock
Andrew Green
The emergent, cascading histories of rock music in Mexico, and how its transformations have been contested
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780826507297
- Publication Date: Oct 2024
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Woody Guthrie's Modern World Blues Volume 3
Will Kaufman
Woody Guthrie emerges from these pages as a figure whose immense artistic output reflects the nation’s conflicted engagement with modernity. Capturing the breathtaking social and technological changes that took place during his extraordinarily productive career, Woody Guthrie’s Modern World Blues offers a unique and much-needed new perspective on a musical icon.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780806194875
- Publication Date: Sep 2024
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Wichita Blues
Patrick Joseph O'Connor
The first book to examine and celebrate the distinct sound of Wichita's regional blues tradition
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781496853011
- Publication Date: Sep 2024
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On Rhetoric and Black Music
Earl H. Brooks
Examining the resounding artistry of iconic musicians such as Scott Joplin, Mary Lou Williams, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, and Mahalia Jackson, this work offers an alternative register in which these musicians and composers are heard as public intellectuals, consciously invested in crafting rhetorical projects they knew would influence the public sphere.
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780814346471
- Publication Date: Jun 2024
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In with the In Crowd
Mike Smith
An overdue amendment to the conventional history and study of jazz
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781496851147
- Publication Date: Jun 2024
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Hamilton, History and Hip-Hop
Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781476671796
- Publication Date: Apr 2024
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Same Old Song
John Paul Meyers
How pop music remembers and re-plays sounds from the past
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781496850867
- Publication Date: Apr 2024
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Cold War Country
Joseph M. Thompson IV
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781469678368
- Publication Date: Apr 2024
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Out of the Blue
Brian Bisesi
A behind-the-scenes account from Muddy Waters’s road manager and right-hand man during the bluesman's last great years
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781496849120
- Publication Date: Mar 2024
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Jazz in the Hill
Colter Harper
The lively history of a cherished music scene and its ongoing social significance
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781496849854
- Publication Date: Mar 2024
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A Trumpet around the Corner
Samuel Charters
From the first raucous chorus to the aftermath of Katrina, the saga of the Big Easy's signature music
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781496849540
- Publication Date: Jan 2024
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A History of American Popular Music
Philip Simon
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781793516848
- Publication Date: Dec 2023
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Rising Son Volume 10
Hank Reineke
Rising Son: The Life and Music of Arlo Guthrie, written by award-winning author Hank Reineke, recounts the veteran musician’s second act, from the early 1980s to the present. Featuring extensive reflections and commentary from Guthrie himself, this book is the only authorized biography of the renowned folk singer.
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780806192871
- Publication Date: Dec 2023
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Vibe
Corey J. Miles
A journey into the inner lives of Black southerners through the reverberations of trap music
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781496847287
- Publication Date: Dec 2023
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Learning Jazz
Ken Prouty
A call for collaboration and understanding in how we learn jazz in diverse settings
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781496847911
- Publication Date: Dec 2023
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Poor Gal
Dan Gutstein
The telling journey of a centuries-old tune and what it says about race, class, and American folk music
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781496849342
- Publication Date: Dec 2023
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Deep Inside the Blues
Margo Cooper
A collection of dazzling black-and-white photographs and in-depth interviews that illuminate the lives and times of three generations of blues musicians
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781496847416
- Publication Date: Nov 2023
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Roots Punk
David A. Ensminger
An entertaining and thorough introduction to the power of punk's hybrid evolution
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781496848413
- Publication Date: Nov 2023
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