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It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music
Amanda Petrusich
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Description for It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music
Paperback. From country to blues, jazz to soul, bluegrass to the more recent alternative takes on these genres, this book looks at the paths trodden in American roots music and those to come.It also attempts to celebrate the much maligned and misunderstood term 'Americana'. Num Pages: 304 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 398.
From country to blues, jazz to soul, bluegrass to the more recent alternative takes on these genres, It Still Moves looks at the paths trodden in American roots music and those to come. Taking the highway - perhaps that most potent symbol of American freedom - as her starting point, Amanda Petrusich's book explores how this melting pot of styles and influences all contribute to the rich and progressive sounds coming out of America today. Warm, entertaining and insightful, it is the first serious attempt to celebrate the much maligned and misunderstood term 'Americana'.
From country to blues, jazz to soul, bluegrass to the more recent alternative takes on these genres, It Still Moves looks at the paths trodden in American roots music and those to come. Taking the highway - perhaps that most potent symbol of American freedom - as her starting point, Amanda Petrusich's book explores how this melting pot of styles and influences all contribute to the rich and progressive sounds coming out of America today. Warm, entertaining and insightful, it is the first serious attempt to celebrate the much maligned and misunderstood term 'Americana'.
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571234202
SKU
V9780571234202
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About Amanda Petrusich
Amanda Petrusich is a writer for Pitchforkmedia.com and a senior contributing editor at Paste Magazine. Her work has appeared in Spin, the Village Voice and The Oxford American and she published a short book on Nick Drake's Pink Moon, as part of Continuum's 331/3 series. She has an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn, NY. ... Read more
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