Bibliograph

American roots music, edited by Robert Santelli, Holly George-Warren, and Jim Brown ; foreword by Bonnie Raitt

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American roots music, edited by Robert Santelli, Holly George-Warren, and Jim Brown ; foreword by Bonnie Raitt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-237)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

American roots music

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

46835321

Responsibility statement

edited by Robert Santelli, Holly George-Warren, and Jim Brown ; foreword by Bonnie Raitt

Summary

Photographs and text chronicle the history of American roots music, encompassing blues, country and western, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, Tejano, Native American, and other American genres of folk music

Table Of Contents

Early country : treasures untold / by Charles Wolfe -- The birth of the blues / by David Evans -- The flowering of the folk revival / by Alan Jabbour -- Hallelujah : the sacred music of Black America / by Claudia Perry -- Cajun and zydeco : the musics of French southwest Louisiana / by Ann Allen Savoy -- Música tejana : the music of Mexican Texas / by Manuel Peña -- Native American music of the twentieth century / by William K. Powers -- Native tongue : contemporary native music / by J. Poet -- Keeping it country : tradition and change, 1940 to the present / by Bill C. Malone -- Mojo working : the blues explosion / by Robert Santelli -- Roots music begats rock & roll / by David McGee

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