American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3 Includes two CDs
"A new textbook that makes music history fun."--Steve Ramm, In the Groove"This book is far and away the best on the topic. I can think of no competitor that comes close to its accessibility and thoroughness."--Louis Niebur, University of Nevada, Reno"This text engages students on their own 'turf,' so to speak, drawing parallels between past and present-day musical genres and providing fascinating discussions of technological advances crucial to the development of popular music. It prompts students to consider the historical and contemporary sociocultural factors that undergird racial constructions and shape the ways in which American popular music has been created and consumed in the United States and abroad."--Melvin Butler, University of Virginia"A tremendous accomplishment. A vast array of styles and contexts are skillfully brought together in a coherent and thoroughly readable narrative, and the authors' delight in their subject matter is palpable on every page. For the student, teacher, or general reader interested in pop, this book unquestionably becomes the definitive survey text."--Daniel Sonenberg, University of Southern Maine, in the Institute for Studies in American Music Newsletter (on the previous edition)