TY - GEN T1 - Industrial strength bluegrass : Southwestern Ohio's musical legacy T2 - Music in American life. A2 - Bartenstein, Fred, 1950- A2 - Ellison, Curtis W. LA - English PP - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press YR - 2021 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1183398226 AB - "In the twentieth century, Appalachian migrants seeking economic opportunities relocated to southwestern Ohio, bringing their music with them. Between 1947 and 1989, they created an internationally renowned capital for the thriving bluegrass music genre, centered on the industrial region of Cincinnati, Dayton, Hamilton, Middletown, and Springfield. Fred Bartenstein and Curtis W. Ellison edit a collection of eyewitness narratives and in-depth analyses that explore southwestern Ohio's bluegrass musicians, radio broadcasters, recording studios, record labels, and performance venues, along with the music's contributions to religious activities, community development, and public education. As the bluegrass scene grew, southwestern Ohio's distinctive sounds reached new fans and influenced those everywhere who continue to play, produce, and love roots music. Revelatory and multifaceted, Industrial Strength Bluegrass shares the inspiring story of a bluegrass hotbed and the people who created it"-- OP - 220 CN - ML3520 .I6 2021 SN - 0252052536 SN - 9780252052538 SN - 9780252043642 SN - 9780252085604 KW - Bluegrass music : Ohio : History and criticism. KW - MUSIC : General. KW - Bluegrass music KW - Ohio KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -