Country & Western Music

Johnny Cash's death in September 2003 left the music world bereft. His was the most recognisable voice in the history of country music and indeed i...

Recognizing one of the most-honored performers of all time, A Celebration of Dolly Parton: The Activity Book is 2021s follow-up to A Celebration of...

Can you feel nostalgic for a life you've never known?Suffused with her much-loved warmth and wit, Emma John's memoir follows her moving and memorab...

Do you ever find yourself:Tumblin out of bed and stumblin to the kitchen?Searchin for a cup of ambition?Sighin and groanin at the mundanity of life...

Country Music: A Very Short Introduction presents a compelling overview of the music and its impact on American culture. Country music has long bee...

Born in 1916 at the northern end of New Zealands South Island, the teenaged Robert William Lane became obsessed with the singing and expressive yod...

Americana Portrait Sessions is the first photography book to take a comprehensive view of contemporary Americana music. The collection features int...

2024 Independent Press Award winner 'Distinguished Favorite' in the category of Spirituality 'Wow! Its beautiful. Im touched that you 'got' it!'...

Country is the most popular musical genre in America, because the songs speak to the common themes in American life love, heartache, family, and c...

Country may be the plainspoken music of rural America, but it certainly got gussied up on its way to the hit parade. Rhinestones and Twanging Tones...

The definitive biography of country legend Merle Haggard by the New York Times bestselling biographer of Clint Eastwood, Cary Grant, The Eagles, an...

How Nashville Became Music City, U.S.A. was first published in 2006 and quickly became the go-to reference for those seeking to understand the Nash...

A Heartbeat and a Guitar tells of the collaboration of two distinct yet connected musicians- iconoclast Johnny Cash and pioneering folk artist Pet...

The King of Nashville, Tony Brown, offers a rare photographic journey through his 40-year career--including historical pictures and contemporary po...

Billy Ray Cyrus is an award-winning country music legend whose Achy Breaky Heart propelled his debut album, Some Gave All, to the top of the charts...

The official memoir of Margo O'Donnell, legendary Irish Country Music singer For fifty years now the name 'Margo' has been synonymous with everyth...

Celebrity has long been tied to political aspirations in American history. Decades before the United States had a president from the realm of real...

Recorded in 1949, Foggy Mountain Breakdown changed the face of American music. Earl Scruggs's instrumental essentially transformed the folk culture...

A riveting tale of unfathomable success great joy deep pain, and  redemption that can come only from above. From a working-class background in Nort...