University of Illinois Press

Salem's work represents how academic history can bring greater insight and greater accuracy to the recording of popular music history. . . . [This volume] is a terrific read and keeps you turning... — Goldmine More…

Ntarangwi deploys engaging hip-hop lyrics to convey the dynamism of popular culture, as global swagger is localized through inside jokes, allusion to colonial resistance, and earthly discussion... — Choice More…

This academically solid and emotionally moving work shows the price that was paid by so many women in creating not only their own place in bluegrass, but in shaping and taking the music to new... — Bluegrass Unlimited More…

Bluegrass Generation: A Memoir is well worth the read. Rosenberg's style is fluid, clear, and reader-friendly; it is detailed without being stuffy, interesting without being narrow, and factual... — Banjo Newsletter More…

Punks in Peoria is among the best examples I've encountered of a book using scholarly methodologies that's hugely accessible to any interested reader. Indeed, this text should be seen as a gold... — Louder Than War More…