University of Illinois Press

Many readers will appreciate both the high level of insight, and that the text makes its points using only 124 pages. Ethnographic works about contemporary music traditions are needed, and Czech... — Journal of Folklore Research More…

Remarkable . . . This book should prove indispensable to students of the banjo, whether raw beginners or ultra-advanced. It should have similar appeal to dedicated bluegrass fans who want to... — Bluegrass Unlimited More…

Sinful Tunes ensures that we will never again be able to sing or listen to a spiritual in quite the same way. We can now see more clearly than ever before what has shaped it; we have been taken... — The Times More…

Keeps an even balance between respect for the topic and friendliness toward the reader. Essential for all public, academic, and tribal library collections — Choice More…

This biography is at its best in evoking what it must have felt like to be Peggy Seeger, developing a political, feminist, consciousness while realizing her own loving and artistic self within... — Choice More…

The collection is generally well conceived and will surely provide inspiration for the dance world — Choice More…