American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MTV Text & Audio CDs
"American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MTVis 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 theInstitute for Studies in American Music Newsletter, Spring 2005