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Robinson is especially good at making period and place come alive for the reader. The book should richly reward any reader who wants to explore American musical and literary history in this period-and... — American Record GuideMore…
[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 AssociationMore…
[Whiteis's] spot-on assessments of the social and economic forces . . . are as essential as his encyclopedic knowledge of the artists' backgrounds and discographies — DownbeatMore…
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 UnlimitedMore…
Approaches schools of music as geographic spaces in which the population interacts in a unique network of relationships defined by the knowledge of music — ChoiceMore…
A nostalgic, trivia-laden book that looks at the early years of rock 'n' roll and the societal context in which it was formed. . . . A fine compendium on the subject, certain to make misty-eyed... — BooklistMore…
Good biographies of vocalists are rare. . . . Keiler has examined [Anderson's] life in painstaking detail, with keen intelligence and a scrupulous fairness — Washington PostMore…
