Contrary to popular belief, the roots of American country music do not lie solely on southern farms or in mountain hollows. Rather, much of this music recorded
Poetry. 'I took much trouble into myself, ' says Tim Earley at the beginning of this audacious and revelatory book. Like an Appalachian Whitman, he consumes eve
An exploration of the origins and development of American country music in the Piedmont's mill villages celebrates the colorful cast of musicians and considers
"A familiar story holds that modernization radiates out from metropolitan origins. The whole machinery explores representations of people and places, objects an
Now in its sixth decade, country music studies is a thriving field of inquiry involving scholars working in the fields of American history, folklore, sociology,