Yankee twang : country and western music in New England /

Merging scholarly insight with a professional guitarist's keen sense of the musical life, 'Yankee Twang' delves into the rich tradition of country and western music that is played and loved in the mill towns and cities of the American northeast. Clifford R. Murphy draws on a wealth of...

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Autore principale: Murphy, Clifford R. (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2014.
©20
Serie:Music in American life.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=760259
Sommario:
  • New England country and western music and the myth of Southern authenticity
  • A history of New England country and western music, 1925-1975
  • Finding community in the New England country and western event
  • Home on the grange : the frontier between "American" and "immigrant" worldviews in New England country and western
  • It beats digging clams : the working life of country and western musicians in the barnstorming era
  • The New England cowboy : regional resistance to national culture.