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Highly recommended — Choice More…

Approaches schools of music as geographic spaces in which the population interacts in a unique network of relationships defined by the knowledge of music — Choice More…

Good biographies of vocalists are rare. . . . Keiler has examined [Anderson's] life in painstaking detail, with keen intelligence and a scrupulous fairness — Washington Post More…

Staging Tradition adds valuable insights into the sometimes contentious relationship between folk music presenters, performers, and audiences — Sing Out! More…

[It] makes a valuable contribution to the study of American music. This well-documented and well-written volume can serve as a model for other histories of American church music — Notes: Journal of the Music Library Association More…

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

In this entertaining and informative collection of interviews, [Cushing] showcases many facets of the Chicago blues scene — No Depression More…

[Whiteis's] spot-on assessments of the social and economic forces . . . are as essential as his encyclopedic knowledge of the artists' backgrounds and discographies — Downbeat More…