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Country Music, U.S.A.

Since its first publication in 1968, Bill C. Malone's Country Music, U.S.A.has won universal acclaim as the definitive history of American country music. Starting with the music's folk roots in the rural South, it traces country music from the early days of radio through the first decade of the twenty-first century. This third revised edition includes an extensive new chapter in which new coauthor Jocelyn R. Neal tracks developments in country music in the post-9/11 world, exploring the relationship between the current scene and the traditions from which the music emerged.

Subject
history
Themes
musicart
Setting
USA
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 664 pages

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