 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Books
|
 |
|
Yuma musician, Arizona (between 1870 and 1912)
Photo by Isaiah West Taber. Library of Congress
|
The following book list provides you with additional relevant content, exploring subjects in the exhibit New Harmonies: Celebrating American Root Music. The books are organized in groups that parrallel the exhibit.
INTRODUCTION
- Filene, Benjamin. Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots Music. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.
THE FIRST SOUNDS: SACRED SONGS
- Boyer, Horace Clarence and Lloyd Yearwood. The Golden Age of Gospel Black Belt Press, 1995.
- Cone, James H. The Spirituals and the Blues: An Interpretation. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1992.
- Fisher, Miles Mark. Negro Slave Songs in the United States. Citadel Press, 1991.
- Floyd, Samuel A. The Power of Black Music : Interpreting Its History from Africa to the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
- Guralnick, Peter. Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians. Back Bay, 1999.
- Harris, Michael W. The Rise of Gospel Blues : The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
- Marini, Stephen A. Sacred Song in America: Religion, Music, and Public Culture. University of Illinois Press, 2003.
- Reagon, Bernice Johnson. If You Don't Go, Don't Hinder Me: The African American Sacred Song Tradition. University of Nebraska Press, 2001.
- Ward, Andrew. Dark Midnight
FROM THE HILLS, HOLLOWS AND PLAINS: COUNTRY MUSIC
- Black, Bob. Come Hither to Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe. Champagne, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2005.
- Bufwack, Mary A. and Robert K. Oerrman. Finding Her Voice: Women in Country Music, 1800-2000. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2003.
- Ellison, Curtis W. Country Music Culture: From Hard Times to Heaven. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1995.
- Fleischman, Carl and Neil Rosenberg. Bluegrass Odyssey: A Documentary in Pictures and Words, 1967-86. Champagne, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2001.
- Malone, Bill C. Country Music USA. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2002.
- Malone, Bill C. Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’: Country Music and the Southern Working Class. Champagne, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2002.
- Rosenberg, Neil. Bluegrass: A History. Champagne, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2005.
- Sheldon, Ruth. Bob Wills: Hubbin’ It. Nashville: Country Music Foundation Press, 1995.
- Staff of Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Encyclopedia of Country Music. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Willman, Chris. Rednecks and Bluenecks: Politics and Country Music. New York: The New Press, 2005.
- Wolfe, Charles K. and James K. Akenson, eds. Country Music Goes to War. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2005.
- Wolfe, Charles K. A Good Natured Riot: The Birth of the Grand Ole Opry. Nashville: Country Music Foundation Press and Vanderbilt University Press, 1999.
CAN’T BE SATISFIED: THE BLUES
- Cohn, Lawrence. Nothing but the Blues: The Music and the Musicians. New York: Abbeville Press, 1999.
- Davis, Francis. The History of the Blues: The Roots, the Music, the People. Cambridge, MA: De Capo Press, 2003.
- Harrison, David. The World of Blues. Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1993.
- Russel, Tony. The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. New York: Schirmer Books, 1997.
- Santelli, Robert. The Best of the Blues: 101 Essential Albums. New York: Penguin Books, 1997.
- Wald, Elijah. Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues. New York: Amistad, 2004.
OTHER SOUNDS, OTHER SONGS
- Greene, Victor. A Passion for Polka: Old-Time Ethnic Music in America. University of California Press, 1992.
- Savoy, Ann A. Cajun Music a Reflection of the People. Bluebird Press, 1984.
- Strom, Yale. The Book of Klezmer: The History, The Music, The Folklore. Chicago: A Capella Books, 2002.
- Tisserand, Michael. The Kingdom of Zydeco. Arcade Publishing, 1998.
COME GATHER ROUND, PEOPLE: THE ROOTS REVIVAL
- Baez, Joan. And a Voice to Sing With: A Memoir. New York: New American Library, 1988.
- Cantwell, Robert, When We Were Good: The Folk Revival. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1997.
- Cohen, Ronald D. Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940–1970. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002.
- Dylan, Bob. Chronicles, Volume 1. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.
- Filene, Benjamin. Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots Music. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 2000.
- Santelli, Robert, Holly George-Warren, and Jim Brown, eds. .American Roots Music. New York: Harry Abrams, 2001.
- Weismann, Dick. Whose Side Are You On: An Inside History of the Folk Music Revival in America. London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005.
STAND UP AND SING OUT
- Dunaway, David King. How Can I Keep from Singing: Pete Seeger. Cambridge, MA: DaCapo Press, 1990.
- Eyerman, Ron, ed. Music and Social Movements: Mobilizing Traditions in the Twentieth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Fischlin, Daniel. Rebel Musics: Human Rights, Resistant Sounds, and the Politics of Music Making. Montreal: Black Rose Books, 2003.
- Garofalo, Reebee, ed. Rockin’ the Boat: Mass Music and Mass Movement. NY: AA Knopf, 1980.
- Guthrie, Woody. Bound for Glory. NY: Plume Books, 1995.
- Klein, Joe. Woody Guthrie: A Life. NY: AA Knopf, 1980.
- Mattern, Mark. Acting in Concert: Music, Community, and Political Action. NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Harmonies has been made possible in Russell, Kansas by the Kansas Humanities Council.
New Harmonies is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the Federation of State Humanities Councils. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
