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Jul 1, 2014 · ''Scott B. Bomar . . . has compiled the best book: a can't-put-down encyclopedia of southern music. Bomar's wonderful and surprising Southbound: An Illustrated History of Southern Rock (Backbeat Books 2014, $29.99) spans 290 big pages and traces Southern Rock music from the days of Elvis Presley's ''That's All Right'' to Kid Rock's ''All Summer Long.''
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Scottish author Cosgrove wrote probably the ultimate trilogy of books covering the 1967-69 period of soul music, of which the ‘68’ tome dealing with the Memphis sound and southern soul is one. Cosgrove is another author that looks at all the cultural and social aspects of music with an easy and understandable writing style that keeps you ...
Southern music has flourished as a meeting ground for the traditions of West African and European peoples in the region, leading to the evolution of various traditional folk genres, bluegrass, country, jazz, gospel, rock, blues, and southern hip-hop. This much-anticipated volume in The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture celebrates an ...
With nearly double the number of entries devoted to music in the original Encyclopedia, this volume includes 30 thematic essays, covering topics such as ragtime, zydeco, folk music festivals, minstrelsy, rockabilly, white and black gospel traditions, and southern rock. And it features 174 topical and biographical entries, focusing on artists and musical outlets.
Books. The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Music. Charles Reagan Wilson, James G. Thomas (Jr.), Ann J. Abadie. University of North Carolina Press, 2006 - History - 448 pages. Southern music has flourished as a meeting ground for the traditions of West African and European peoples in the region, leading to the evolution of various ...
Charles Reagan Wilson. University of North Carolina Press, Jul 2, 2014 - History - 449 pages. Southern music has flourished as a meeting ground for the traditions of West African and European peoples in the region, leading to the evolution of various traditional folk genres, bluegrass, country, jazz, gospel, rock, blues, and southern hip-hop.
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Mar 24, 2015 · Country Soul, a brilliant new exploration of the racial politics of the southern music recording scene from the early 1960s to the early 1980s, paints a less black-and-white picture than Sweet ...
