It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music

by Amanda Petrusich

Book Overview

Part travelogue, part musical history, Amanda Petrusich's "It Still Moves "outlines the sounds of the new, weird America--honoring the rich traditions of gospel, blues, country, folk, and rock that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086547950X
• ISBN13: 9780865479500
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

An excellent guide for any general lending library

IT STILL MOVES: LOST SONGS, LOST HIGHWAYS, AND THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT AMERICAN MUSIC offers a fine history of all kinds of American sounds using interviews, road stories, and music criticism to trace the roots of modern American music form present to past. The blend of country, heavy metal, rock, folk and more offers a fine survey of the roots and influences of American sound and is an excellent guide for any general lending library.

Great read

Would have preferred more information on the newer music scenes but love the personal perspective on the more historical stuff. Great for someone looking for a crash course in American roots music with a younger voice.