Western Edge explores country-rock from the Byrds to the Blasters and beyond
…country-rock,” as the book’s lead essayist, longtime L.A. music journalist Randy Lewis, puts it. Maybe it’s something by Dwight Yoakam or the Blasters, from country-rock’s second (and highly revved) wave…
Two California grad students get quite an education in the 1960s South
…there are any number of those already on the shelves. This is a study of life, real life, in a pivotal place and a crucial time, with two bright and…
Novelist Patricia L. Hudson brings Rebecca Boone, Daniel’s wife, to the fore
…You know the history. Now immerse yourself in her story. Traces centers on Rebecca Boone, Daniel’s wife of 56 years, and their oldest daughters, Susannah and Jemima. It’s a story…
Buddy Emmons’ name was synonymous with the sound of his beloved steel guitar
Early in Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Icon, Steve Fishell’s deft and lively biography, we meet the future legend as a skinny, high school-hating, 14-year-old boy on his bike, hanging around…
Bluegrass legend Roland White always put the music first
…own band. He was beloved, especially by those he befriended at the beginning of their careers, like Marty Stuart and Jim Lauderdale. He was profoundly influential, even if the average…
A Blue Grass Boy’s memoir of life on the road with the great Bill Monroe
…way. He was a newcomer to an established lineup. He was decades younger than Monroe but also younger than the rest of the Blue Grass Boys. He was also a…
