This three-volume history of music in America covers the sweep from Puritan psalms to the hits of the '70s. It is written from the historian's viewpoint rather

This second volume of Music in Black American Life offers research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and Black Music Research

Have records, compact discs, and other sound reproduction equipment merely provided American listeners with pleasant diversions, or have more important historic

A fascinating exploration of the relationship between American culture and music as defined by musicians, scholars, and critics from around the world.

The Beautiful Music All Around Us presents the extraordinarily rich backstories of thirteen performances captured on Library of Congress field recordings betwee