Jamie Anderson Drive All Night Bella Books 978-1-59493-399-8 www.bellabooks.com Inordinately talented, lesbian folk comic musician and occasional belly dancer, Jamie Anderson has been a traveling performer for the past twenty-plus years (as well as … Continue reading →
Dean Alger The Original Guitar Hero And the Power of Music: The Legendary Lonnie Johnson, Music & Civil Rights University of North Texas Press ISBN: 978-1574415469 www.untpress.unt.edu This long overdue, deeply researched biography deals with the … Continue reading →
Margaret Wise Brown Goodnight Songs Sterling Children’s BooksISBN: 1-4549-0446-1, 28 color pages w/ CD,10″x10″ hbk, $17.95 (U.S.) / $19.95 (Can.) www.sterlingpublishing.com To say that Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952) was one of the most prolific authors of … Continue reading →
JOHN COHEN The High & Lonesome Sound: The Legacy of Roscoe Holcomb Steidl One day in 1959 in Daisy, KY, John Cohen got lucky. Cohen – musician, documentary photographer, fledgling filmmaker, and charter … Continue reading →
DAVE THOMPSON Fire and Wine: An Armchair Guide to Steve Ashley Create Space www.createspace.com/ Although English singer-songwriter Steve Ashley was never a “household name,” he has produced high quality work since his career began … Continue reading →
BILL AMATNEEK Acoustic Stories Vineyards Press www.amatneek.com Bill Amatneek’s Acoustic Stories is a compelling read from a virtuoso bass player whose artistry has placed him on stage and in the studio with many our … Continue reading →
THE LOUVIN BROTHERS Satan Is Real / Handpicked Songs 1955-1962 Light In the Attic 075 www.lightintheattic.net CHARLES LOUVIN with BENJAMIN WHITMER Satan Is Real: The Ballad Of The Louvin … Continue reading →
DWIGHT DEVANE and BLAINE WAIDE Drop On Down In Florida Dust-to-Digital 24 www.dust-digital.com In 1981, the Florida Folklife Program released a double-disc, 27 track LP, highlighting African American music traditions, that was based on … Continue reading →
