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Big Band Jazz in Black West Virginia, 1930–1942

University Press of Mississippi

A study of how jazz greats dazzled and enlivened coal towns during the Great Depression

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Exploring American Folk Music

Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions in the United States

University Press of Mississippi

The perfect introduction to the many strains of American-made music

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The Poetics of American Song Lyrics

Edited by Charlotte Pence
University Press of Mississippi

Poets, teachers, and musicologists fusing studies of form, scansion, and musical creation to redefine the place of the American bard

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Memphis Boys

The Story of American Studios

University Press of Mississippi

A detailed history of an unsung recording studio and its lasting impact on rhythm and blues

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Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests

University Press of Mississippi

A journey to the main public venue for the most vigorous American folk music tradition

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Richard Dyer-Bennet

The Last Minstrel

University Press of Mississippi

A biography of the first solo folk musician to play Carnegie Hall and a staunch preserver of European styles

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Soul of the Man

Bobby "Blue" Bland

University Press of Mississippi

The first biography of a blues creator whose stylings influenced almost every form of twentieth-century popular music

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Let the World Listen Right

The Mississippi Delta Hip-Hop Story

University Press of Mississippi

A study of contemporary, grass roots musical creation happening in the Mississippi Delta

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The Guitar in America

Victorian Era to Jazz Age

University Press of Mississippi

From parlor instrument to jazz electric, a study of musical evolution in America’s progressive era

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Banjo on the Mountain

Wade Mainer's First Hundred Years

University Press of Mississippi

The tribute to a musician whose career spans hillbilly, bluegrass, and sacred music

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Kennedy's Blues

African-American Blues and Gospel Songs on JFK

By Guido van Rijn; Foreword by Brian Ward
University Press of Mississippi

A compilation and analysis of the many blues and gospel songs written about the inspirational president

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MuzikMafia

From the Local Nashville Scene to the National Mainstream

University Press of Mississippi

How a group of industry outsiders became popular music sensations

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Cross the Water Blues

African American Music in Europe

Edited by Neil A. Wynn
University Press of Mississippi

Essays analyzing the impact of African American music and its European reverberations

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Louisiana Fiddlers

University Press of Mississippi
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The Beat

Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C.

University Press of Mississippi

A history of the distinctive, US Capital sound that fuses hip-hop, funk, and soul

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Eddy Arnold

Pioneer of the Nashville Sound

University Press of Mississippi

The definitive biography of the artist who created the template for Nashville’s modern country music sound

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Out of Sight

The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889–1895

University Press of Mississippi

A deluxe, encyclopedic survey of the cultural scene that engendered the popular music of the twentieth century

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Fiddling Way Out Yonder

The Life and Music of Melvin Wine

University Press of Mississippi

How a mountain community and music harmonize in an old-time fiddle player from West Virginia

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Prophet Singer

The Voice and Vision of Woody Guthrie

University Press of Mississippi

An exploration of the history and intent behind the words of a great American folk singer

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Nobody Knows Where the Blues Come From

Lyrics and History

Edited by Robert Springer
University Press of Mississippi

A vibrant and varied look at African American songs and the history behind the lyrics

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Jimmie Rodgers

The Life and Times of America's Blue Yodeler

University Press of Mississippi

The definitive biography of the “Father of Country Music”

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Sam Myers

The Blues Is My Story

University Press of Mississippi

A house-rocking blues life story of the late Mississippi-born front man of Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets

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The New Blue Music

Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950–1999

University Press of Mississippi

A study that finds African influences of melody, harmony, rhythm, and form in the top 25 songs from each decade of R&B

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Bad Boy of Gospel Music

The Calvin Newton Story

University Press of Mississippi

The prodigal-son biography of a gospel music legend with the voice of an angel and a hell-bent drive toward self-destruction

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Hank Williams, So Lonesome

University Press of Mississippi

An authoritative separation of myth from fact in the life of the great country music star

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Earl Hooker, Blues Master

University Press of Mississippi

The life and early death of a South Side guitar genius, the greatest unheralded Chicago bluesmaker

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Africa and the Blues

University Press of Mississippi

A narrative that explores the African genealogy of American Blues

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The Johnson Family Singers

We Sang for Our Supper

University Press of Mississippi

The story of a family of gospel music stars from the golden age of radio

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Roosevelt's Blues

African-American Blues and Gospel Songs on FDR

By Guido van Rijn; Foreword by Paul Oliver
University Press of Mississippi

In blues lyrics of the thirties and forties a reflection of FDR’s influence on Black America

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Swamp Pop

Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues

University Press of Mississippi

A search for the sources and sounds of an often overlooked sister genre of Cajun and zydeco music

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