American roots music
By: edited by Robert Santelli, Holly George-Warren, and Jim Brown ; foreword by Bonnie Raitt.
Contributors: Santelli, Robert.; George-Warren, Holly.; Brown, Jim, 1950-
Publisher: H.N. Abrams
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Folk music -- United States -- History and criticism.; Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism.
Other titles: American roots music (Television program)
Description: "American roots music - encompassing blues, country & western, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, Tejano, Native American, and other uniquely American genres of folk music - originated and was nurtured in small communities and spread across the nation.".

"American Roots Music is the companion book based on the PBS series of the same name, resulting from three years of research and a unique collaboration between the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Experience Music Project, and Ginger Group Productions, with major support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Public Broadcasting Service, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and AT&T."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "A Ginger Group/Rolling Stone Press Book."
"Based on the PBS series and a collaboration between: the Library of Congress, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Smithsonian Institution, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, and Experience Music Project."
Table of contents: title: Early country : treasures untold / by Charles Wolfe; title: The birth of the blues / by David Evans; title: The flowering of the folk revival / by Alan Jabbour; title: Hallelujah : the sacred music of Black America / by Claudia Perry; title: Cajun and zydeco : the musics of French southwest Louisiana / by Ann Allen Savoy; title: Música tejana : the music of Mexican Texas / by Manuel Peña; title: Native American music of the twentieth century / by William K. Powers; title: Native tongue : contemporary native music / by J. Poet; title: Keeping it country : tradition and change, 1940 to the present / by Bill C. Malone; title: Mojo working : the blues explosion / by Robert Santelli; title: Roots music begats rock & roll / by David McGee.