| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Roots of American music |
| Contents |
Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Origins of the Americana Movement; 2 Will the Circle Be Unbroken?; 3 When Things Go Wrong, Blame the Radio; 4 Don't Drink from a Bottle If You Didn't See It Opened; Interlude: Roger McGuinn: Respecting Tradition while Transforming It; 5 "If I Could Find a White Boy Who Sang Black . . ."; 6 Appropriating Black Culture; Interlude: Rosanne Cash: The Search for Self; 7 The Irish Claim the Bronx; 8 Bringing the Good News; 9 The Battle for the Soul; Interlude: Kris Kristofferson |
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10 As Duke Ellington Said, There's Only Two Types of Music: Good and Bad11 Speaking the Truth to Those Who Have Ears to Listen; 12 Americana as a Symbol of Musical Adulthood; 13 Let's Go Backward When Forward Fails; 14 Swallowing Other Genres; 15 A Sense of Community; 16 It Might Be a Great Bag to Be In, But Why Must I Be in a Bag at All?; Interlude: Jim Lauderdale:The Face of America; 17 The Archetypes of Americana; 18 Back to the Question; Coda; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
Michael Cain offers an informal social history that describes Americana as both a musical genre and a movement, showing what it is, where it came from and where it is going. Through anecdotes and interviews, Cain provides a firsthand view into the creation of Americana, trying to clarify how the genre can be categorized and defined |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 22, 2017) |
| Subject |
Americana (Music) -- History and criticism
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
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Americana (Music)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016056504 |
| ISBN |
9781442269415 |
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1442269413 |
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