The Holy Profane
Subtitle: Religion In Black Popular Music
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: October 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780813190921
Subjects: Contemporary popular music; Religion & Beliefs; History & Criticism - General; Music/Songbooks; Music; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; General; Ethnomusicology
First sentence: In their book Stairway to Heaven: The Spiritual Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Davin Seay and Mary Neely write that "by the mid fifties, currents of showmanship and sanctification in black American culture were rapidly converging.