Bluegrass Reader
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Alan Lomax
Alison Krauss
Bill Monroe
biography of bluegrass musicians
bluegrass and radio
bluegrass artists
bluegrass banjo players
bluegrass classics
bluegrass fiddlers
bluegrass history
bluegrass mandolin players
bluegrass music
bluegrass musicians
bluegrass origins
bluegrass recordings
bluegrass roots
bluegrass songs
bluegrass traditions
Carolton Haney
Carter Stanley
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Clinch Mountain Boys
Dale Ann Bradley
Dave Freeman
Del McCoury
Don Reno
Doyle Lawson
Earl Scruggs
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Flatt and Scruggs
Hazel Dickens
interview with Del McCoury
interviews with Don Reno
introduction to bluegrass
Jim Shumate
Jimmy Martin
Johnson Mountain Boys
Kenny Baker
Kentucky Colonels
Larry Sparks
Lester Flatt
Lilly Brothers
Mac Wiseman
Marty Stuart
Mike Seeger
Nashville Bluegrass Band
New York bluegrass
Osborne Brothers
Peter Rowan
profiles of bluegrass musicians
Ralph Stanley
Red Smiley
Ricky Skaggs
rock music and bluegrass
Rudy Lyle
Sam Bush
Stanley Brothers
WCBY
women in bluegrass
Product details
- ISBN 9780252073656
- Weight: 513g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 22 Feb 2006
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In The Bluegrass Reader, Thomas Goldsmith joins his insights as a journalist with a lifetime of experience in bluegrass to capture the full story of this beloved American music. Inspired by the question “What articles about bluegrass would you want to have with you on a desert island?” he assembled a delicious, fun-to-read collection that brings together a wide range of the very best in bluegrass writing.
Goldsmith’s substantial introduction describes and traces the development of the music from its origins in Anglo-American folk tradition, overlaid with African American influences, to the breakout popularity of Ralph Stanley, Alison Krauss, and the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. He introduces each selection offering a wealth of additional information, making The Bluegrass Reader both enjoyable and invaluable for new fans of the music as well as for its lifetime devotees.
Thomas Goldsmith is a journalist and musician. For more than thirty years, he has worked both in daily newspapers in North Carolina and Tennessee and as a freelance writer. He is the editor of Earl Scruggs and Foggy Mountain Breakdown and winner of the International Bluegrass Music Association's best journalist award.
