The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 12: Music

by Charles Reagan Wilson

Book Overview

Southern music has flourished as a meeting ground for the traditions of West African and European peoples in the region, leading to the evolution of various traditional folk genres, bluegrass, country, jazz, gospel, rock, blues, and southern hip-hop. This much-anticipated volume in The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture celebrates an essential element of southern life and makes available for the first time a stand-alone reference to the music...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807859087
• ISBN13: 9780807859087
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"