American Songbook

by Michael Handler Ruby

Poetry. AMERICAN SONGBOOK is a poetic response to the grand sweep of recorded vocal music in the 20th century. The poems are based on 75 recordings, with singers ranging from Bessie Smith to Tupac Shakur, and songs from a little-known Lomax prison recording to the last No.1 pop hit in the century. Many musical traditions inform the poems, including blues, jazz, gospel, country, folk, bluegrass, electric blues, R&B, rock, disco and hip hop.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1937027007
• ISBN13: 9781937027001
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Ugly Duckling Presse
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.