A Few Honest Words (eBook)

The Kentucky Roots of Popular Music

Jason Howard (Autor)

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2012
272 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-3682-0 (ISBN)

Infos

In industry circles, musicians from Kentucky are known to possess an enviable pedigree -- a lineage as prized as the bloodline of any bluegrass-raised Thoroughbred. With native sons and daughters like Naomi and Wynonna Judd, Loretta Lynn, the Everly Brothers, Joan Osborne, and Merle Travis, it's no wonder that the state is most often associated with folk, country, and bluegrass music.But Kentucky's contribution to American music is much broader: It's the rich and resonant cello of Ben Sollee, the velvet crooning of jazz great Helen Humes, and the famed vibraphone of Lionel Hampton. It's exemplified by hip-hop artists like the Nappy Roots and indie folk rockers like the Watson Twins. It goes beyond the hallowed mandolin of Bill Monroe and banjo of the Osborne Brothers to encompass the genres of blues, jazz, rock, gospel, and hip-hop. A Few Honest Words explores how Kentucky's landscape, culture, and traditions have influenced notable contemporary musicians. Featuring intimate interviews with household names (Naomi Judd, Joan Osborne, and Dwight Yoakam), emerging artists, and local musicians, author Jason Howard's rich and detailed profiles reveal the importance of the state and the Appalachian region to the creation and performance of music in America.

Autor

lt;P>Jason Howard is coauthor of Something's Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal. His work has been featured in the New York Times, the Nation, Sojourners, Paste, the Louisville Review, Equal Justice Magazine, and on NPR.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.10.2012
• Vorwort: Rodney Crowell
• Zusatzinfo: 22 b&w halftones
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: American • Americana music • Appalachian • appalachian artists • Appalachian music • appalachian musicians • Appalachian Studies • artists • Bands • Banjo • Ben Sollee • Bill Monroe • Bluegrass • bluegrass music • Blues • Country • Country Music • Cultural • Culture • dwight yoakam • Folk • Folk music • Genres • Gospel • Gospel Music • Helen Humes • Hip-Hop • hip hop music • History • indie folk rock • Jazz • Jazz Music • Joan Osborne • judds • Kentuckian • kentuckians • Kentucky music • Lionel Hampton • Local • local music • Loretta Lynn • Merle Travis • music about the bluegrass • Musical • Musicians • music scene • Naomi and Wynonna Judd • Nappy Roots • Osborne Brothers • regional • regional music • Rock • Scene • Singers • southern • Southern Culture • southern musicians • Studies • Styles • The Everly Brothers • the judds musical duo • the Watson Twins • Traditional • Traditional Music • yoakam
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-3682-2 / 0813136822
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-3682-0 / 9780813136820