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

Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Harry N. Abrams, 2001.
Description232 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorSantelli, Robert, editor.
Other author/creatorGeorge-Warren, Holly editor.
Other author/creatorBrown, Jim, 1950- editor.
Other author/creatorBonnie Raitt, writer of foreword.
Contents Early country: treasure 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.
Abstract 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.
General noteA Rolling Stone Press book.
General noteBased on the PBS series and a collaboration between: the Library of Congress, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Smithsonian Institution, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, and Experience Music Project.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 236-237).
Other title American roots music (Television program)
LCCN 2001002511
ISBN0810914328
ISBN0810921391 (bk. club pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML3551 .A54 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold