num_pages: 304
description: Where lies the boundary between meaning and sentiment? Between memory and nostalgia? America and Americana? What is and what was? Does it move?--Donovon Hohn A Romance of Rust Part travelogue part cultural criticism part music appreciation It Still Moves does for todays avant folk scene what Greil Marcus did for Dylan and The Basement Tapes . Amanda Petrusich outlines the sounds of the new weird Americahonoring the rich tradition of gospel bluegrass country folk and rock that feeds it while simultaneously exploring the American character as personified in all of these genres historically. Through interviews road stories geographical and sociological interpretations and detailed music criticism Petrusich traces the rise of Americana music from its gospel origins through its new and compelling incarnations (as evidenced in bands and artists from Elvis to Iron and Wine the Carter Family to Animal Collective Johnny Cash to Will Oldham) and explores how the genre is adapting to the twenty-first century. Ultimately the book is an examination of all things guitars cars kids motion passion enterprise and change in a fervent attempt to reconcile the American past with the American present using only dusty records and highway maps as guides.
language: English
title: It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music
publisher: Faber & Faber