The swelling interest in popular music studies has far outpaced the outlets for publication. Country music, with its all-too-familiar stereotypes, has been particularly slow to gain scholarly acceptance. With the Country Music Annual, scholars, students, and even fans now have a outlet for the dissemination of research and ideas. Each volume of this new yearbook is devoted to all aspects of country music and is the only forum for series studies of the subject. Specific topics include old-time music, western swing, bluegrass, honky-tonk music, Cajun, instrumental music, Nashville sound era, new traditionalism, country rock, alternative country, Americana, modern folk, and contemporary Nashville, as well as biographical studies and interdisciplinary approaches to music, geography, gender, class, race, media, and culture. Advisory Board: Bill C. Malone, Nolan Porterfield, Jimmie Rogers, Curtis Ellison, William K. McNeil, Wayne W. Daniel, Joli Jensen. This inaugural edition defines country music in a broad sense and reflects the marvelous complexities of what has often been called a simple cultural form. The articles look at old-time music, Western swing, honky-tonk, Bluegrass, Cajun, country rock, and the many other incarnations country music has taken. Contributors explore country music in Hollywood and Nashville, humor, country's complex relationship with religion, music careers, sound mixing, and teaching country music in the classroom. Analysis of music, lyrics, and aesthetics stand alongside discussions of Minnie Pearl, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Emmylou Harris, Shania Twain, and many more artists.
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"These days, some of the hottest scholarly debates resound with the beats and melodies of popular music." -- Chronicle of Higher Education
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Akenson and Wolfe have provided a format for scholars, students and others to share their love and insight into the broad and diverse range that is country music yesterday and today. The papers presented in the book are well researhed, informative and extremely readable...which makes the book all the more enjoyable! I give this book a 5 star rating and look forward to the next issue.
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In a recent essay entitled "The Gospel Truth: Christianity and Country Music," Bill C. Malone wrote: "Despite the prominence of religious songs in the earlier country repertoires, the peak of such performance came after World War II, during the late forties and early fifties" (219). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vocal line cadences, hypermetric structure, precollegiate curriculum, phrase overlap, vocal cadence, country music industry, cadence pattern, fiddle contest, metric framework, core repertoire, stage musician, song structure, lonesome tonight, mandolin player, instrumental interlude, vocal phrase, fourth bar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Grand Ole Opry, New York, Sam Long, Minnie Pearl, United States, Los Angeles, Jimmie Rodgers, Lee Smith, The Devil's Dream, Red Rector, World War, Civil War, Garth Brooks, Merle Haggard, White Mansions, Blackjack Johnny, Slim Dusty, North Carolina, Waltzing Matilda, Country Knight Cloggers, Jerry Kennedy, Roger Miller, Grinder's Switch, Katie Cocker, Kitty Wells New!
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In a recent essay entitled "The Gospel Truth: Christianity and Country Music," Bill C. Malone wrote: "Despite the prominence of religious songs in the earlier country repertoires, the peak of such performance came after World War II, during the late forties and early fifties" (219). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vocal line cadences, hypermetric structure, precollegiate curriculum, phrase overlap, vocal cadence, country music industry, cadence pattern, fiddle contest, metric framework, core repertoire, stage musician, song structure, lonesome tonight, mandolin player, instrumental interlude, vocal phrase, fourth bar Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Grand Ole Opry, New York, Sam Long, Minnie Pearl, United States, Los Angeles, Jimmie Rodgers, Lee Smith, The Devil's Dream, Red Rector, World War, Civil War, Garth Brooks, Merle Haggard, White Mansions, Blackjack Johnny, Slim Dusty, North Carolina, Waltzing Matilda, Country Knight Cloggers, Jerry Kennedy, Roger Miller, Grinder's Switch, Katie Cocker, Kitty Wells New!
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- Country Music by C. W. Smith on 6 pages
- Country Music by Nash on 4 pages
- Country music (A First book) by Thomas A Hill on page 55, page 171, and Back Matter
- The Nashville Number System by Chas Williams on page 138, and page 139
- Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business by Dolly Parton on page 12, and page 21
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