Negotiating Difference in French Louisiana Music
Categories, Stereotypes, and Identifications
How Louisiana musicians and audiences negotiate with difference and shape a common musical heritage
Yodeling and Meaning in American Music
The first musicological and ideological examination of the rich yodeling tradition
Bars, Blues, and Booze
Stories from the Drink House
True accounts from musicians, bar owners, and regulars at the crossroads of good times and despair
Country Boys and Redneck Women
New Essays in Gender and Country Music
Essays that overthrow stereotypes and demonstrate the genre’s power and mystique
Free Jazz/Black Power
For the first time in English, the classic volume that developed a radical new understanding of free jazz and African American culture
Listen to This
Miles Davis and Bitches Brew
The first close critical treatment of the album that shook jazz with its electric sound and rock-influenced style
The Music of Multicultural America
Performance, Identity, and Community in the United States
The classic text on American musical expression, updated with four new chapters
Creating Jazz Counterpoint
New Orleans, Barbershop Harmony, and the Blues
A full study of Buddy Bolden and Bunk Johnson confirming their roles in the real blues roots of New Orleans jazz
Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s
A rediscovered treasury of old-time fiddle music with over 300 musical annotations
Talking New Orleans Music
Crescent City Musicians Talk about Their Lives, Their Music, and Their City
Interviews with and beautiful photography of eleven great musicians and their inspiring city