University of Illinois Press

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An invitation to appreciate the multiple outcomes of the recontextualized tarantella, Inserra's work explores new aesthetic and authorities related to this folk tradition. Global Tarantella... — Journal of American Folklore More…

Serious students of variety entertainment will find much to delight them in Rodger's impeccably researched and explicated work. . . Recommended — Choice More…

A detailed and well-proportioned linear narrative. Assiduous about assigning dates, where possible, to previously vague areas of chronology — Jazzwise More…

The title of Walter Rimler's study of songwriter Harold Arlen's life and work says it all! Yet, despite Arlen's elusiveness as a man and an artist, Rimler does a fine job of conveying an appreciation... — Fanfare More…

What emerges from Parsons' narrative is a fascinating life of a performer who deserves to be well known to all scholars and fans of bluegrass music — ARSC Journal More…

The beauty of Claudrena N. Harold's brilliant When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras is in how it illustrates the power of gospel music to maintain its character, grow... — No Depression More…