Covers the important figures, trends, and forms of country music throughout its history--from the Carter Family of the 1920s to Taylor Swift and Keith Urban tod

A comprehensive reference source on the history, impact, and current state of country music, offering portraits of figures in the country music world.

Country music has come of age. It has a rich history in American culture, and its story is well told in this definitive encyclopedia, written with verve and ins

Offers biographical sketches with pictures of over 200 major figures in Country and Western music.

Now in its sixth decade, country music studies is a thriving field of inquiry involving scholars working in the fields of American history, folklore, sociology,