Prine on Prine shines with the beloved songwriter’s heart, humor, and humanity
Put on a record, pour yourself a Handsome Johnny, and settle in with Prine on Prine. For a fan, it’ll be like going to Paradise. Holly Gleason will discuss Prine on Prine at the 2023 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville on October 21-22.
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Western Edge explores country-rock from the Byrds to the Blasters and beyond
Western Edge: The Roots and Reverberations of Los Angeles Country-Rock is a fitting companion to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum exhibition of the same name, its pages fairly bursting with song.
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Two California grad students get quite an education in the 1960s South
Going Up the Country revisits fieldwork expeditions to Mississippi and Louisiana at the height of the blues revival by two young scholars from UCLA.
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Novelist Patricia L. Hudson brings Rebecca Boone, Daniel’s wife, to the fore
Rebecca Boone, wife of the famous frontiersman Daniel Boone, is front and center, fully alive and endlessly compelling, in Patricia L. Hudson’s novel Traces.
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Buddy Emmons’ name was synonymous with the sound of his beloved steel guitar
Steel guitar player and producer Steve Fishell captures the life of a sublime talent in Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Icon.
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Bluegrass legend Roland White always put the music first
Banjo player Bob Black’s Mandolin Man: The Bluegrass Life of Roland White is the story of a master musician who always put the music first.
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