Country Music Annual 2000

Forsideomslag
Charles K. Wolfe, James E. Akenson
University Press of Kentucky, 13. jan. 2015 - 224 sider

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.

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.

Advisory Board: Bill C. Malone, Nolan Porterfield, Jimmie Rogers, Curtis Ellison, William K. McNeil, Wayne W. Daniel, Joli Jensen.

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Indhold

Introduction
1
Country Singers Attitudes toward the Sacred
4
Nashville SoundEra Studio Musicians
22
Careers in Country Music
30
The Linguistic Turn in Country Music
46
Country Music Battles Religion in Lee Smiths The Devils Dream
57
Minnie Pearl and Southern Humor in Country Entertainment
75
In Search of Fiddlin Sam Long of the Ozarks
89
Red Rectors Musical Aesthetics
101
The Metric Structure of a Country Song
112
Country Music and the Struggle for Identity in Los Angeles California
141
Teaching Country Music
151
Contributors
173
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Om forfatteren (2015)

Charles K. Wolfe, professor of English and folklore at Middle Tennessee State University, is the author of numerous books, including A Good Natured Riot: The Birth of the Grand Ole Opry. James E. Akenson, professor of curriculum and instruction at Tennessee Technological University, is the founder of the International Country Music Conference.

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