Two-Headed Doctor
A forensic investigation into a single LP: Dr. John, the night tripper's Gris-gris. Two-Headed Doctor is a forensic investigation into a single LP: Dr. John, the night tripper's Gris-gris. Though released in 1968 to poor sales and a minimum of critical attention, Gris-gris has accumulated legendary status over subsequent decades for its strangeness, hybridity, and innovative production. It formed the launch pad for Dr. John's image and lengthy career and the ghostly presence of its so-called voodoo atmosphere hovers over numerous cover versions, samples, and re-invocations. Despite the respect given to the record, its making is shrouded in mystery, misunderstandings, and false conclusions. The persona of Dr. John, loosely based on dubious literary accounts of a notorious voodooist and freed slave, a nineteenth-century New Orleans resident known as Doctor John, provided Malcolm "Mac" Rebennack with a lifelong mask through which to transform himself from session musician in order to construct a solo career. Somewhere between puzzle, experimental rhythm, blues disguised as rock, and elaborate hoax, Gris-gris was a collaborative project between Rebennack and producer/arranger Harold Battiste (at the time musical director for Sonny & Cher). A few brief sessions held at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles brought together many of New Orleans' finest musicians, including Shirley Goodman, John Boudreaux, Plas Johnson, Jessie Hill, Ernest McLean, and Tami Lynn. Along with their complex histories, the cast of characters implicated in the story includes Ornette Coleman, Lafcadio Hearn, Zora Neale Hurston, Cher, Sonny Bono, Sam Cooke, Ishmael Reed, Black Herman, Prince La La, and many others. The story details in discursive style the historical context of the music, how it came together, its literary sources, production and arrangements, and the nature of the recording studio as dream state, but also examines as a disturbing undercurrent the volatile issue of race in twentieth-century music, the way in which it doomed relationships and ambitious projects, exploited great talents, and distorted the cultural landscape.
The Last Romantic in His Own Words
The Last Romantic in His Own Words combines carefully curated personal and professional letters with reminiscences, pedagogical essays, and statements on public affairs that Hungarian musician Ernst von Dohn獺nyi (1877-1960) wrote throughout his lengthy career. Also included are a selection of interviews he gave in various capacities: as a celebrated and versatile performer, as the composer of beloved masterworks, as an internationally respected pedagogue, and as a leader in Hungary's leading musical institutions. These texts--many of which have never appeared in English--shed new light on Dohn獺nyi's singular aesthetics, as well as on his career as a charismatic and at times controversial public figure who was one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century, particularly in Hungary. The result of twenty-five years of archival research in England, Hungary, and the United States, the documents outline the major chapters in Dohn獺nyi's long and fascinating life, from his joyful childhood in Hungary, through a globetrotting career that witnessed the advent of the radio as well as air travel, and ultimately to his final years in political exile. Along the way, readers will gain valuable insights into not only Dohn獺nyi's musical influences and personal philosophies as a performer, music educator, and composer, but more broadly musical life and the dissemination of musical knowledge and public taste in the first half of the twentieth century. The documents facilitate a much-needed reevaluation of a public figure and private individual caught up in the web of twentieth-century politics, resulting in a picture that is more complete than ever of one of the most elusive musicians of the twentieth century.
I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night
Joe Hill emigrated from Sweden to the United States in 1902, eventually joining the Industrial Workers of the World and becoming the most celebrated labor songwriter in the country. In 1915, he was executed for a crime that is widely believed he did not commit, and in the 1930s, the song "Joe Hill" was created to honor this legendary labor martyr. This book, the first to tell the story of the song "Joe Hill," follows the song's national and international diaspora as it developed from a labor union ballad into an international anti-war anthem and rallying cry for all people to rise up against their oppressors. Included are the historical contexts of the song's many eras and the performers who ensured its continued relevance, such as Paul Robeson, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Utah Phillips.
Chicagoland at 45 RPM
The greater Chicagoland area of the Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Iowa--well represented the profuse pop rock playlist of the mid-1960s. This prolific area produced a significant soundtrack from late 1965 into 1972 that reverberated across the country. The vibrant suburban scene produced nearly 40 singles that reached the record charts locally and regionally, with several of the 45s placing on the national listings. Some of the Chicagoland hits include "Kind of a Drag," "Vehicle," "Bend Me, Shape Me," and "Gloria," recorded by the Buckinghams, Ides of March, American Breed, and Shadows of Knight. This book, a geomusicultural chronicle, documents a multitude of Chicagoland bands and their music. They sounded across neighborhoods, thriving teen clubs, television dance and variety shows, renowned recording studios, local independent and major record labels--and through the pervasive AM airwaves of two 50,000-watt downtown radio stations, WLS and WCFL, featuring lineups of dynamic disc jockeys. This period piece portrays a momentous mark within "that toddlin' town's" rich music heritage.
Ponk!
A punk rock anti-memoir told through the eyes of a biracial Afrolatino punk academic.癒P?NK! follows Moose, an alienated academic and lead guitarist for Pipebomb!, as he navigates through spaces in and out of South East Los Angeles: punk clubs, college classrooms, family gatherings, street protests, and euphoric backyard shows. Oscillating between autofiction, memoir, and lyric, Clayton blurs genres while articulating the layered effects of racism, trauma, immigration, policing, Black hair, performance, and toxic academic language to uncover how one truly becomes an "ally." Borrowing from the spatial lyricism of Claudia Rankine, the genre-bending storytelling of Alexander Chee, and the racial musings of James Baldwin, 癒P?NK!'s narrative takes back punk rock and finds safe space in the mosh pit.
Weep, Shudder, Die
"Looking at opera from the standpoint of its texts, as only a gifted poet and librettist can do, Dana Gioia examines why a surprisingly small number of operas have attained a secure place in the repertory. His insight into the workings of this uniquely lyrical fusion of the arts makes Weep, Shudder, Die not only a definitive assessment of the importance of poetry to the operatic undertaking, but a gift to opera lovers everywhere. Read...Reflect...Delight!"--Ted Libbey, author of The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music"Weep, Shudder, Die should be read by anyone who enjoys opera, or who cares about its place in today's world. Dana Gioia explores, with imagination and insight, the relationship between the libretto and the music. I learned a great deal in reading it, and at the same time enjoyed the experience immensely."--Henry Fogel, Former President, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and League of American OrchestrasA unique book about opera--personal, impassioned, and provocative. Weep, Shudder, Die explores opera from the perspective by which the art was originally created, as the most intense form of poetic drama. The great operas have an essential connection to poetry, song, and the primal power of the human voice. The aim of opera is irrational enchantment, the unleashing of emotions and visionary imagination.Gioia rejects the conventional view of opera which assumes that great operas can be built on execrable texts. He insists that in opera, words matter. Operas begin as words; strong words inspire composers, weak words burden them. Ultimately, singers embody the words to give the music a human form for the audience.Weep, Shudder, Die is a poet's book about opera. To some, that statement will suggest writing that is airy, impressionistic, and unreliable, but a poet also brings a practical sense of how words animate opera, lend life to imaginary characters, and give human shape to music. Written from a lifelong devotion to the art, Gioia's book is for anyone who has wept in the dark of an opera house.
Taylor Swift Tour Colouring & Activity Book
She's without doubt the biggest star on the planet, one of the most exciting and innovative artists in the music industry today and loved by millions of us around the world. And with over 150 shows in more than 50 cities across five continents, Taylor Swift's groundbreaking Eras Tour is already one of the biggest and best the world has ever seen. Split into ten distinct acts, it takes fans on an audiovisual adventure through her career so far, from her beginnings as a teen country starlet, to the genre-shifting global sensation she has become.Now it's time to celebrate her tour de force in creative style! In this book, you can unleash your inner artist and test your Swiftie knowledge. There are 36 Eras Tour-themed illustrations ready for you to customise with colour, plus a selection of fun puzzles to solve and quizzes to answer. So whether you were lucky enough to get tickets for the tour or not, let's grab some colours and get started...
The Art of Dancing Explain'd
The Art of Dancing Explain'd is an original work of text and engravings, first published by the author in London in 1735. While contemporary books of dance notations were intended mainly for masters, Kellom Tomlinson's treatise was aimed at a wider, however affluent, public. In it, he details dance steps expected of the genteel of his day, including the coupee, bouree, rigadoon, galliard, pirouette, and many variations upon the minuet. The thirty copper engravings ushered in a groundbreaking method of communication technology, combining the notations of dance steps on the ground with a dancing figure performing them.This edition is digitally restored and revised, making both the text and images more legible and accessible for modern readers. Featuring a new foreword by Gabriella Karl-Johnson to give context to Tomlinson's innovative book, it's the perfect companion resource for dance enthusiasts and academics.
Keeping Time
Keeping Time: Dialogues on music and archives in Honour of Linda Barwick explores current issues in ethnomusicology and the archiving and repatriation of ethnographic field recordings.The 19 chapters by 36 authors consider archiving practices as a site of interaction between researchers and cultural heritage communities; cross-disciplinary approaches to understanding song; and the role of musical transcription in non-Western music.This volume is international in scope with case studies with Indigenous and minority peoples from Papua New Guinea, China, India, the Torres Strait and mainland Aboriginal Australia; the latter being the focus of the majority of chapters.Topics include the revival of songs from early written sources, creation of new songs based in old genres, the concept of "sing" in other languages, spirits as the origin of song knowledge, and how to manage ethnographic records over time. Keeping Time approaches Indigenous practices from a range of disciplines, including linguistics, history and performing arts, as well as Indigenous Studies, cultural revitalisation (including reclamation of Indigenous languages), Indigenous knowledge and application to climate change.Offered in honour of Emeritus Professor Linda Barwick, the founder of the Indigenous Music, Language and Performing Arts series, Keeping Time offers a diverse range of opinions on ethnographic research practices and their value to society.There are 3 audio examples available to be listened to here: https: //open.sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/keeping_time.html
Opening Doors
What is the role of classical music in the 21st century? How will classical musicians maintain their relevance and purpose?This book follows the working activities of professional orchestral musicians and opera singers as they move off stage into schools, community centres, prisons, libraries, and corporations, engaging with their communities in new, rich ways through education and community engagement programmes. Key examples of collaborative partnerships between orchestras, opera companies, schools and music services in the delivery of music education are investigated, with a focus on the UK's Music Hub system. The impact of these partnerships is examined, both in terms of how they inspire and foster the next generation of musicians as well as the extent to which they broaden access to quality music education. Detailed case studies are provided on the impact of classical music education programmes on social cohesion, health and wellbeing, and the education outcomes for students from low socio-economic communities. The implications for the future training of classical musicians are analysed, as are the new career paths for orchestral musicians and composers straddling performance and education.Opening Doors: Orchestras, Opera Companies and Community Engagement investigates the ways in which the classical music industry is reinventing its sense of purpose, never a more important or urgent pursuit than in the present decade.
Crowded House
When Crowded House arrived with their debut album and hit single 'Don't Dream It's Over' in 1986, the seed of a unique musical journey was planted into our collective musical consciousness. The Aussie/Kiwi trio created a sound as playful as Split Enz - out of which two of its members graduated - with an adventurous spirit inspired by The Beatles, and crafted genuinely enduring melodies. Earworm-worthy songs like 'Weather With You', 'Distant Sun', 'Better Be Home Soon' and so many others have become genre-bending, sing-along-able and timeless creations. What began with three buddies, led by songwriter Neil Finn, playfully frolicking, and mugging the camera in music videos, developed into mature artists reflecting on life, love and mortality after the death of their beloved drummer. In time, this blossomed once again into a true family band as the younger Finns joined their father as permanent members. Along the way, Crowded House consistently churned out unforgettable melody after intoxicatingly unforgettable melody over eight studio albums. This track-by-track exploration of their poetic lyrics and musical legacy recognises the quality that has brought them the love and admiration of music fans and fellow musicians from around the world.
Women Writing Musicals
The first-ever book to tell the stories of over 300 inspiring women who wrote Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals that Publishers Weekly calls "an exhaustive tribute to women whose contributions to Broadway musical history have often been overlooked." Library Journal praises the book, saying, "Tepper has fashioned a winning book on the unsung heroines of Broadway musicals that will be appreciated by readers of women's studies and theater lore." Kirkus Reviews says it's an "encyclopedic reference" and a "long-overdue tribute to female lyricists and composers." From the composers who pounded the pavement selling their music in Tin Pan Alley at the turn of the twentieth century; to the lyricists who broke new ground writing shows during the Great Depression; to the book writers who penned protest musicals fighting for social justice during the 1970s; to those who are revitalizing the landscape of American theatre today, Women Writing Musicals tells the stories of over 300 inspiring women who wrote Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals.Jennifer Ashley Tepper's definitive book covers prolific and celebrated Broadway writers like Betty Comden and Jeanine Tesori, women who have written musicals but gained fame elsewhere like Dolly Parton and Sara Bareilles, and dramatists you've never heard of--but definitely should have. Among the gems shared here are the stories of Clara Driscoll, who saved the Alamo and also wrote a Broadway musical; Micki Grant, whose mega-hit musical about the Black experience made her the first woman to write book, music, and lyrics for a Broadway show; Mar穩a Grever, who made her Broadway debut at age 56 and who was the first Mexican female composer to achieve international success; and the first all-female writing team for a Broadway musical, in 1922: Annelu Burns, Anna Wynne O'Ryan, Madelyn Sheppard, and Helen S. Woodruff. This book is a treasure trove for theatre-loving readers that Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor and singer Kristin Chenoweth praises as "a wonderful resource for actors, and an important read for anyone interested in theatre."
High and Rising
A stunning cultural biography of De La Soul, the era-defining hip-hop trio that touched millions of lives and changed rap forever.De La Soul burst onto the scene with the release of their groundbreaking 1989 album 3 Feet High & Rising, an "anything goes" hip-hop masterpiece hailed as a new masterwork from a bygone era of Black experimentation.Formed in Long Island in 1988 by Kelvin "Posdnuos" Mercer, Dave "Trugoy the Dove" Jolicoeur, and Vincent "Maseo" Mason, De La Soul rebuked classification and appealed to the Black alternative. Their music was positive and psychedelic, their imagery full of flowers and peace signs. It was rap with a broad sonic palette which set the blueprint for an entire generation of artists who followed. But as quickly as De La ascended, they were faced with the pressures of a changing industry and bitter legal battles.Completed in the wake of Dave's passing and the group's arrival on streaming platforms after years in digital purgatory, High and Rising tells the story of one of the most influential rap groups of all time. In the process, acclaimed music journalist Marcus J. Moore braids in a deeply personal coming-of-age story about his journey through life with De La as a backdrop.The first book about De La Soul, High and Rising shows that De La Soul is Black history, American history, world history, our history. This is a tale about staying the course, and how holding true to your virtue can lead to dynamic results.
Music and Dance as Everyday South Asia
Music and Dance as Everyday South Asia offers an inclusive lens through which to study the music, dance, and allied arts of South Asia, its diasporas, and the people who produce and use these cultural expressions. The authors in this collection--ethnomusicologists, dance scholars, anthropologists, and practitioners--understand music and dance as everyday lived experience. "The everyday" comprises practices of South Asians in multiple countries, whose identities include numerous castes, classes, tribes, genders, sexualities, religions, nationalities, more than twenty languages, and other affiliations. With the goal to de-emphasize an approach that fetishizes analysis of classical form and its technical virtuosity, this book instead contextualizes the understanding of aesthetic meaning within six themes: place and community; style, genre, and function; intersectional identities of caste, class, and tribe; gender and sexuality; technology, media, and transmission; and diaspora and globalization. The thirty chapters in this collection demonstrate how the arts are meaningful expressions of human identities and relationships for ordinary people as well as virtuosic performers. Each author ties their thesis to hands-on, participatory exercises that provide multiple entryways to understand and engage with cultural meaning. In so doing, they empower classroom dialogue that treats embodied experience as a vital mode of enquiry, supplementing critical textual analysis to cultivate attentive, responsive, and ethical dispositions toward the music and dance practices of other humans and their life experiences.
Kill Your Masters
All the unwritten rules of rap say it doesn't happen like this. Yet Killer Mike, a Black man from Atlanta, Georgia, and El-P, a white man from Brooklyn, New York, have transformed what should have been the twilight of their careers as rappers into their biggest spotlight yet. Known as the hip-hop duo Run The Jewels, they have headlined festivals worldwide, become action figures and Marvel comic book characters, spearheaded a worldwide countercultural movement, and played a significant role in the last two presidential elections. This is the buddy-movie-like story of how they got there. It is a tale that parallels the incredible changes the music industry has gone through over the past twenty-five years--charting a course from the highs around the turn of the century to the collapse of the CD format and the eventual rise of streaming media--while also mapping the evolution of both pop culture and its sociopolitical climate. From the surging popularity of afrofuturism and the fall of the Twin Towers to the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and the kneeling of Colin Kaepernick, such events all tie into how their budding bromance transformed Killer Mike and El-P from solo artists in underground hip-hop to pop cultural icons recognized all over the globe.
Bruckner's Fourth
Anton Bruckner's Fourth Symphony is one of the most beloved and frequently performed works in the orchestral repertoire. Despite this, a great deal about the work and its genesis has been either unknown, poorly understood, or starkly misrepresented. The work's extraordinary history is the source of much of this confusion. Bruckner worked on the Fourth over fifteen years before he finally published the score in 1889. During the process, he created several earlier versions of the work, which remained unknown until decades after his death. The first attempts to comprehend the work's compositional history were made by German scholars in the 1930s, but these not only proved partial but sowed the seeds of a long tradition of misunderstanding. This book offers the first complete and coherent account, which draws upon numerous previously overlooked sources, of the extraordinary compositional evolution of this magnificent symphony. What emerges is the story of Bruckner's remarkable efforts to produce a symphony that would, as he put it, be able to "make its effect" in performance. The heart of the book is an exploration, based on comprehensive archival research and critical analysis, of the creative development of the Fourth Symphony. It explains the nature and significance of the different versions through which the work passed, considers the impact of early performances, delves into the complicated roles played by Bruckner's collaboration with other musicians in the later stages of the work's evolution, and situates all of this in Bruckner's biographical, social, and musical context. The book also critiques the conventional wisdom about the so-called problem posed by the versions of Bruckner's works by deconstructing long-established myths, developing new insights, and bringing the musical logic of Bruckner's approach into clear focus. The book offers a searching yet accessible account of the music of the Fourth and a critical survey of the varying ways the work has been interpreted in performance and, starting in the 1930s, on recordings.
Metallica
From their first performances to the release of their bestselling Black Album and beyond, this lavishly illustrated book charts the career of Metallica, the world's most iconic heavy metal band. Telling the history of Metallica through their tours, from the smallest early clubs to the biggest stadiums, this rich anthology covers their evolution and success year by year and around the globe. With tour anecdotes, backstage access and inside accounts from band members, as well as other musicians who have performed or worked with them, this book is the perfect gift for any Metallica fan.
Flowers In The Rain
In the pantheon of rock history - The Move have been overlooked but no longer. How do you describe The Move - one of the greatest British bands to come out the 1960s beat boom? Who incorporated the hippest, pop rock and mod soul influences. All in a unique dazzling fashion. Their residency at The Marquee in London's Soho. Marked them out immediately, as a formidable live outfit. Few (if any) bands on the fertile scene, could follow an incendiary Move set. They also had an emerging uber-talent in songwriter Roy Wood. A fast-developing songwriter. Wood under pressure, composed four top ten hits for the five-piece original band. And a later run of singles that charted until 1972. Like all great acts - the seeds of destruction may have been gestating from day one. Energy and talent was spread across the five charismatic, young men. An edgy, combustible combination. This overdue book examines their event-filled career including their crowning and most damning moment: Being sued by Harold Wilson; the extant British Prime Minister. 'Flowers In The Rain' sprouted all the way to the Number 2 spot in the charts. The catchy single, followed an edgy and careless publicity stunt by manager Tony Secunda. A limited-edition postcard - pushed through the door of Number 10 Downing Street. Depicting the PM with Marcia Falkender in an intimate moment. The "scandalous" image - brought the fury of the UK establishment down on The Move. Including surveillance by MI5, Britain's homeland Secret Intelligence Service Like The Sex Pistols furore, ten years later. The Move were punk forerunners in attitude and outrage. This book will examine in detail the High Court case. Plus, the machinations leading to Roy Wood losing all the royalties from the 'Flowers In The Rain' single. Along with Rob Caiger, the main archivist of The Move and their history, Jim McCarthy provides a detailed and illuminating reading experience.
Anarcho-Punk
Anarcho-Punk: Music and Resistance in London 1977-1988 by David Insurrection is the distillation of three years work. It's the story of an oft overlooked scene. Anarcho-punk in the 1980s truly rocked the boat. Much more than music it set out to change the world and in a not insignificant way did just that. It inspired a generation of activists, artists and musicians to take up the fight for a better fairer world. They tore down the walls. The Sex Pistols may have opened the door but the Crass punks charged through it. This is their story. As we return to the embattled 1970s and 1980s David takes us on a journey where we visit some of the scene's most significant locations and hot spots, to places where change mattered and the spirit of revolt burned brightest.
Rags of Light
Creatively bringing the songs, prayers, and poetry of Leonard Cohen into conversation with Scripture, this book deeply grounds Cohen's work in the landscape of the biblical imagination, paying special attention to Jesus together with the prophetic and priestly voices of Scripture. What emerges is a compellingly lyrical work of theology that deepens our understanding of both Cohen and biblical faith. Leonard Cohen has undoubtedly been a liturgist for our time, a cantor singing for all those clothed in rags of light, a prophet in the ruins, and a priest who greets us "from the other side of sorrow and despair."
Singing in the Saddle
Ranger Doug Green's immensely popular history of Western Music! A singing cowboy himself, Douglas B. Green is uniquely suited to write the story of the singing cowboy, from the early days of vaudeville and radio, through the heyday of movie westerns before World War II, to the current revival. He provides rich and careful analysis of the studio system that made Gene Autry and Roy Rogers famous, and he documents the role that country music and regional television stations played in carrying on the singing cowboy tradition after the war. Green's story reveals how the imagery of the singing cowboy has become such a potent force that even now country musicians don cowboy hats to symbolically take part in the legend.
Singing Utopia
Singing Utopia is a unique and ambitious work which asks us to listen differently to voice in musical theatre. Across fifteen case studies from Florodora to Hadestown, Ben Macpherson hears something utopian in the extraordinary, emotional, and situational directness of singing voices as they escape the confines of everyday life. Yet, as this book discovers, the very nature of utopia is paradoxical, fraught with undercurrents of nostalgia, melancholy, and the perpetual threat of the dystopian. Singing Utopia listens across these fault lines in our understanding of utopia and asks what it means for a musical to give voice to an imagined world which is always a contradiction in terms. Who gets to inhabit such a world? Who is excluded? How can we locate utopia in musical theatre voices, and what might be the consequences when its complexities are exposed? Listening for answers to these questions, implicitly connected with concerns of class, race, gender, and culture, the author draws on a diverse range of approaches, including voice studies, musicology, sound studies, literary studies, political philosophy, and ethnography. In doing so, Singing Utopia examines current ways of listening while moving beyond them to develop a series of new terms, including 'decadent appropriation', 'simuloquism', two kinds of 'voiceworld', and three new approaches to the chorus and ensemble. This book offers an original and provocative account of musical theatre singing, exposing the power, possibilities, and paradoxes heard in voices that promise 'something better'-whatever, in the end, that might be.
The Cambridge Companion to Music in Australia
As a companion to 'music in Australia', rather than 'Australian music', this book acknowledges the complexity and contestation inherent in the term 'Australia', whilst placing the music of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at its very heart. This companion emphasizes a diversity of musical experiences in the breadth of musical practice that flows though Australia, including Indigenous song, art music, children's music, jazz, country, popular music forms and music that blurs genre boundaries. Organised in four themed sections, the chapters present the latest research alongside perspectives of current creative artists to explore communities of practice and music's ongoing entanglements between Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural practices, the influence of places near and far, of continuity, tradition, adaptation, and change. In the final chapter, we pick up where these chapters have taken us, asking what is next for music in Australia for the future.
Grand OLE Opry 2025 Wall Calendar
Wish the members of the Grand Ole Opry happy birthday with this 12-month wall calendar showcasing birthdays for each current member of the Opry from the show's 100-year history alongside colorful photographs from the home of country music. Celebrate 100 years of the Grand Ole Opry with this 12-month wall calendar featuring over 100 birthdays of current Opry members alongside photographs of beloved stars and super stars. From Dolly Parton and Kelsea Ballerini to Luke Combs and Darius Rucker, your year will shine bright with the stars of country music. Features include: 12" x 12" (12" x 24" open) Printed on FSC-certified paper with soy-based ink Planning spread for September-December 2024 Spans January-December 2025 Generous grid space for notes, appointments, and reminders Official major world holidays and observances Moon phases, based on Universal Time Over 100 birthdays of current Opry members and colorful photographs
Punk Rock Women Alive and Well in South Philly
How is the Philadelphia Punk Rock scene defying gender stereotypes and empowering women to push boundaries and transform their lives?Drawing on personal experience and interviews, this book explores the important part women play in the Philadelphia Punk Rock scene as creators, cultural producers, community and infrastructure builders, and institutional developers. Author Anne Cecil examines the rise of the Philly scene in the wider Punk context and how, based on location and community, it diverged from the aggressive, masculine stereotype.Discussing themes of social identity, community, and empowerment, this book is ideal reading for students of Fashion and Style, Gender Studies, Sociology, and Cultural Anthropology.
Ever Fallen in Love
Newly discovered recordings of a music legend in his own remarkable words: punk, Buzzcocks and the inspiration behind some of greatest songs ever written. *** A ROUGH TRADE UK BOOK OF THE YEAR A LOUDER THAN WAR BOOK OF THE YEAR "Fascinating" - MOJO "As close as anyone was ever going to get to really understanding Pete Shelley" - UNCUT "The memoir that Pete Shelley never had a chance to write" - LOUDER THAN WAR "Lots of great stories... A fascinating insight." - JOHN MAHER, Buzzcocks When Pete Shelley, lead singer of legendary punk band Buzzcocks, passed away in 2018 we lost the chance to hear one of music's brightest stars tell his story. Or so it seemed. Now, recordings have surfaced of a series of remarkable interviews in which Pete tells the story of his life, his band and his place at the beating heart of the punk explosion in fascinating detail. Recorded over a series of late-night calls with a close friend, the tapes hear Pete talk song-by-song through Buzzcocks releases to reveal the personal memories behind the music and the inspiration for masterpieces such as 'Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)' and 'What Do I Get?'. Published for the first time and with the blessing of Pete's estate, Ever Fallen In Love: The Lost Buzzcocks Tapes is a tribute to a founding member of punk and a chance to hear one of music's true visionaries tell his own story at last. "Perfectly executed, highly detailed, incredibly interesting." - HENRY ROLLINS, Black Flag "Pete and Buzzcocks were there right from the beginning." -BERNARD SUMNER, Joy Division, New Order "A true gentleman and a great artist and songwriter." - PETER HOOK, Joy Division, New Order "Shot through with self-doubt and mild regret, Pete Shelley's lovesick pop classics have a bittersweet charm that will forever speak to the young romantic" - JOHN COOPER CLARKE "Buzzcocks were the blue touchpaper for my love of music. Pure pop met punk and the result was perfection." - TIM BURGESS, The Charlatans
Partridge: Grade by Grade, Book 1: The Complete Resource for Violin and Piano Book with Online Material
(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). The Grade by Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Edward Huws Jones and others. Carefully selected by Liz Partridge, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 1 violinist and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance. Each volume contains: a diverse collection of pieces, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises brand new sight-reading, music-theory and improvisation activities newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks a piano accompaniment booklet Full performance demonstrations, piano accompaniment tracks and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources available online. Liz Partridge is an experienced performer and teacher. She began her career as a quartet player and with ensembles at the BBC and the English National Opera before taking up the position of Sub-Principal First Violin at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. As a freelance player she has performed in concert halls, theatres and recording studios around the world. She currently performs freelance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. As a teacher, Liz regularly coaches and mentors individuals and ensembles of all ages and abilities. Her teaching experience informed her work as an examiner for Trinity College London and now as a festival adjudicator.
Partridge: Grade by Grade, Book 4: The Complete Resource for Violin and Piano Book with Online Material
(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). The Grade by Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Edward Huws Jones and others. Carefully selected by Liz Partridge, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 4 violinist and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance. Each volume contains: a diverse collection of pieces, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises brand new sight-reading, music-theory and improvisation activities newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks a piano accompaniment booklet Full performance demonstrations, piano accompaniment tracks and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources available online. Liz Partridge is an experienced performer and teacher. She began her career as a quartet player and with ensembles at the BBC and the English National Opera before taking up the position of Sub-Principal First Violin at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. As a freelance player she has performed in concert halls, theatres and recording studios around the world. She currently performs freelance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. As a teacher, Liz regularly coaches and mentors individuals and ensembles of all ages and abilities. Her teaching experience informed her work as an examiner for Trinity College London and now as a festival adjudicator.
Partridge: Grade by Grade, Book 2 the Complete Resrouce Violin and Piano Book with Online Material
(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). The Grade by Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Edward Huws Jones and others. Carefully selected by Liz Partridge, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 2 violinist and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance. Each volume contains: a diverse collection of pieces, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises brand new sight-reading, music-theory and improvisation activities newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks a piano accompaniment booklet Full performance demonstrations, piano accompaniment tracks and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources available online. Liz Partridge is an experienced performer and teacher. She began her career as a quartet player and with ensembles at the BBC and the English National Opera before taking up the position of Sub-Principal First Violin at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. As a freelance player she has performed in concert halls, theatres and recording studios around the world. She currently performs freelance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. As a teacher, Liz regularly coaches and mentors individuals and ensembles of all ages and abilities. Her teaching experience informed her work as an examiner for Trinity College London and now as a festival adjudicator.
Partridge: Grade by Grade, Book 5: The Complete Resource for Violin and Piano Book with Online Material
(Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music). The Grade by Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Edward Huws Jones and others. Carefully selected by Liz Partridge, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 5 violinist and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance. Each volume contains: a diverse collection of pieces, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises brand new sight-reading, music-theory and improvisation activities newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks a piano accompaniment booklet Full performance demonstrations, piano accompaniment tracks and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources available online. Liz Partridge is an experienced performer and teacher. She began her career as a quartet player and with ensembles at the BBC and the English National Opera before taking up the position of Sub-Principal First Violin at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. As a freelance player she has performed in concert halls, theatres and recording studios around the world. She currently performs freelance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. As a teacher, Liz regularly coaches and mentors individuals and ensembles of all ages and abilities. Her teaching experience informed her work as an examiner for Trinity College London and now as a festival adjudicator.
The Bresnik Jazz Piano Method - SECOND EDITION JUNE 2020
This book is about my approach to jazz piano playing based on one of the primary styles of the 40s and 50s. I studied with Sam Saxe, originally from New York. When I studied with him in the mid-fifties, he was one of the top jazz piano teachers in Hollywood at that time. My book is broken down into a series of tips - "55 tips from an old pro" - of these 55 tips, 32 relate to playing and rest relate to the general lifestyle of the jazz pianist. Seventy years of piano playing condensed into seventy pages..!
Contemporary Opera in Flux
In twelve essays, Contemporary Opera in Flux discusses a series of shifts that, taken together, have radically redefined the production and reception of opera. Focusing on productions involving late twentieth- and twenty-first century scores and libretti, the contributors draw on conversations with members of creative teams and studies of archival material, dipping into a historical record that remains in flux as composers, librettists, directors, and designers revisit existing work and create anew. The contributors to this volume push the boundaries of contemporary opera scholarship by examining works that disrupt operatic conventions; tackle sociopolitical issues such as drug trafficking, racial injustice, and cultural trauma; and advance underrepresented works by female, African-American, Asian, and avant-garde composers around the globe. Contemporary Opera in Flux bridges the gaps between expanding literature on opera, theater, new music, postmodern dramaturgy, and posthuman aesthetics, while also confronting larger questions of identity, representation, and narrative agency that are at the forefront of contemporary music scholarship. This collection of essays engages critically with the past out of a conviction that, amid general public perceptions of opera as anachronistic or elitist, contemporary opera has emerged as an artistic incubator for experimentation.
Contemporary Opera in Flux
In twelve essays, Contemporary Opera in Flux discusses a series of shifts that, taken together, have radically redefined the production and reception of opera. Focusing on productions involving late twentieth- and twenty-first century scores and libretti, the contributors draw on conversations with members of creative teams and studies of archival material, dipping into a historical record that remains in flux as composers, librettists, directors, and designers revisit existing work and create anew. The contributors to this volume push the boundaries of contemporary opera scholarship by examining works that disrupt operatic conventions; tackle sociopolitical issues such as drug trafficking, racial injustice, and cultural trauma; and advance underrepresented works by female, African-American, Asian, and avant-garde composers around the globe. Contemporary Opera in Flux bridges the gaps between expanding literature on opera, theater, new music, postmodern dramaturgy, and posthuman aesthetics, while also confronting larger questions of identity, representation, and narrative agency that are at the forefront of contemporary music scholarship. This collection of essays engages critically with the past out of a conviction that, amid general public perceptions of opera as anachronistic or elitist, contemporary opera has emerged as an artistic incubator for experimentation.
Audiovisual Alterity
Immerse yourself in the groundbreaking exploration of diversity and representation in music videos with Audiovisual Alterity. This new research delves into the portrayal of marginalized and subaltern groups across a rich tapestry of genres of popular music, tracing the evolution of inclusivity and disenfranchisement in music videos from the 1950s to the present. Audiovisual Alterity not only furthers the scholarly conversation on representations of race, ethnicity, and gender in music videos but also broadens the scope to embrace Asians, Pacific Islanders, Indigenous peoples, the LGBTQIA+ community, religious minorities, and the incarcerated. Author Michael Austin traces the transformation of the music video landscape as he scrutinizes the medium's evolution across both traditional platforms and social media, including video-sharing sites and smartphone applications. Throughout, he offers new insights into critical analyses of contemporary debates on cultural appropriation and the nuanced portrayals of culture, race, indigeneity, gender, class, sexuality, and sexual orientation. Most compellingly, Audiovisual Alterity celebrates the self-representation of these 'others, ' empowering them to voice their narratives on their own terms.
Ornette Coleman, Psychoanalysis, Discourse
Ornette Coleman, Psychoanalysis, Discourse develops tools from psychoanalysis for the analysis of Ornette Coleman's discourse.In this psychoanalytic, philosophical and musical meditation on what it means to follow, A. L. James presents an approach to the analysis of discourse that is a kind of listening for listening - an attempt to discern in and between the lines of Coleman's speech the implication of new ways to listen, new ways to experience Coleman's music as movement and space - as Movements in Harmolodic Space. Each chapter of this book is oriented with respect to fragments from Coleman's discourse, dealing with a piece, or collection of pieces, from Coleman's work, with particular attention to the implication of relations and relationality. Insofar as Coleman's discourse about his work also contains allusions to fields beyond music, it develops tools that draw elements and structures from these fields together, finding in their relation echoes and parallels.Ornette Coleman, Psychoanalysis, Discourse will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, musicians, and musicologists. It will be relevant for academics and scholars of psychoanalytic and Lacanian studies, music, and cultural studies.
Raccoon Starts A Band
'Raccoon Starts A Band' is the long-awaited and superb sequel to Alex CF's brilliant 'Punks In The Willows'. A fully illustrated picture book, exploring the many genres of punk, and a semi autobiographical journey, overcoming self doubt and anxiety, and finding a passion for music, ideology and social justice!It's all about music, creativity, direct action and above all - equality.From Alex CF, the creator of 'Punks In The Willows', the beautiful new book, 'Raccoon Starts A Band' is a semi-autobiographical tale of discovering punk.Amongst the difficulties that come with growing up; from the anguish of being bullied, to lack of self-esteem, yet ultimately finding a community that will stoke a passion for music, politics and kindle many life-long friendships. A full colour, illustrated exploration of the many iterations of punk rock, and the greater punk rock community as a force for positive change in the world.
Sambop NYC
In New York City during the first decades of the new millennium, over two hundred professional musicians play music that combines jazz with Brazilian genres. Blending American and Brazilian music, these musicians continue the legacies of bossa nova, samba jazz, and other styles, while expanding their skills, cultural understandings, and identities. SamBop NYC explores Brazilian jazz in New York City--the music, musicians, cultural issues, and jazz industry. It draws on interviews with over fifty musicians active between the years 2000 and 2020, featuring experts like Eliane Elias, Dom Salvador, Eumir Deodato, Ma繳cha Adnet, Vin穩cius Cantu獺ria, Luciana Souza, Duduka Da Fonseca, Romero Lubambo, Anat Cohen, and Cidinho Teixeira. The book provides a new framework to interpret the mutual developments of musicianship, intercultural competencies, and affinities with Brazil and the U.S. To understand the imbalanced demographic diversity among musicians, the book analyses nationality, race, class, and gender among the musicians, as well as their instrumentation and professional dynamics. Navigating these social, cultural, and capitalist forces, the musicians in this book have applied their natural talents, determination, family support, and decades of hard work to pursue their artistic interests and career goals, to audience delight.
The Essential... Lady Gaga
As one of the world's best-selling musicians, Lady Gaga has set the musical bar high. Since her debut album, The Fame (2008), she has sold more than 124 million records and scooped numerous awards, including twelve Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, and eighteen MTV Music Video Awards. Yet she is much more than a musician.At the helm of the Haus of Gaga―a close-knit circle of behind-the-scenes creatives―Lady Gaga is a performance artist like no other; her forward- thinking fashions and innovations mark her out as the ultimate maverick. Recently, she has reinvented herself as an accomplished jazz performer, dueting with legendary singer Tony Bennett on Cheek to Cheek (2014) and Love For Sale (2021), while also proving herself a consummate actor with lead roles in A Star Is Born (2018) and House of Gucci (2021). And with her advocacy for LGBT rights and active championing of kindness via the Born This Way Foundation, co-founded with her mother Cynthia Germanotta in 2011, it's clear to see why her fans adore her.The Essential... Lady Gaga is a celebration of a true artist of our time. Illustrated throughout with stunning photography and complementary fashion segments, this comprehensive history follows Lady Gaga's ever- evolving and often unpredictable career, and is testament to her many talents. A must for Little Monsters everywhere.
Cretin Family
Formed in 1974 in Forest Hills, New York, The Ramones were one of the most influential bands in punk rock history. Famed for their dirty sneakers, knee-holed jeans, T-shirts, black leather jackets, and cries of "1, 2, 3, 4," the pioneering 'Brudders' left a legacy few contemporaries can match with their stripped-down, hyper-paced style. Their 1976 debut album set the foundation for punk rock, inspiring countless musicians to start their own bands. "Cretin Family" not only traces the band's history-covering their formation, record releases, tours, disagreements, and line-up changes up to their 1996 break-up-but also examines the numerous tribute bands worldwide that pay homage to the Ramones. This manuscript draws from global sources, offering facts about The Ramones' tours and local venues, highlighting information often lost to fans. As the stories unfold, new narratives about the group emerge, revealing the Ramones' colossal legacy."Cretin Family" is for the fans, by the fans.
Kiss the Sky: Jimi Hendrix 1942-1970
Before he became the legendary guitarist, Hendrix navigated a childhood reminiscent of Dickens, evolving into an obscure musician and facing a journey paved with hardships. In this intimate portrait by Mezzo and JM Dupont, authors of the acclaimed Love in Vain, explore the dark and desperate quest for recognition that defined the early chapters of Hendrix's life. This narrative, a perfect blend of lyricism and realism, delves not only into the tormented soul of the future rock star but also unveils his lesser-known musical odyssey. Join Hendrix on his path as he encounters legendary artists during his formative years - Little Richard, Ike & Tina Turner, BB King, Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett, Bob Dylan, and the Rolling Stones. Intriguing and captivating, this book promises a deeper understanding of the iconic figure. Uncover the story behind Hendrix's rise from obscurity to immortality.
The Scripture Hymnal
Dove Award-nominated artist Randall Goodgame curates a compelling musical journey with contributions from some of Christian music's finest, including Ellie Holcomb, Ginny Owens, and Andrew Osenga. Ideal for congregational, group, family, and personal worship, the Scripture Hymnal includes: - Over 100 word-for-word Scripture songs with piano accompaniment (NIV, ESV, CBS, and more) - QR codes for instant access to the full Song Library - Additional Scripture references for devotion or call-and-response singing - Worship planning index for easy reference With hand-drawn illustrations by Stephen Crotts, quotes from modern and ancient church voices, and a silk ribbon marker, the Scripture Hymnal stands in an age-old tradition of saints singing the story of Jesus into the world. The Scripture Hymnal is stylistically diverse within western sensibilities. Thirteen writers contributed to the included songs, all with different musical and church backgrounds. Although categories are subjective, and many songs could fit in more than one category, every song is indexed as either Traditional, Contemporary, or Children/Family. Traditional: songs typically driven by piano or organ, with syllables sung on the beat Contemporary: songs typically driven by guitar, with more modern melodic patterns Children/Family: songs with child-friendly text and melodies Songs are also indexed by theme, order of service, church calendar, sacrament, and first lines. The Scripture Hymnal was created to help congregations sing and learn God's word, and ultimately to help them draw closer to Jesus. However, any Christ-follower who desires to memorize Scripture and grow in biblical literacy will find the Scripture Hymnal a useful resource. No matter your musical background, the Scripture Hymnal invites you into a deeper encounter with God's Word--through song.
The Chronicles of Doom
"In a career and life full of fictions, the truth--as this excellent, detailed biography makes clear--was often as mind-boggling [. . .] Hip-hop writer S.H. Fernando Jr. benefits from an insider's understanding of the milieu and provides generous context."--Kitty Empire, The Guardian The definitive biography of MF DOOM, charting the reclusive and revered hip-hop artist's life, career, and eventual immortality. On December 31, 2020, the world was shocked to learn about the death of hip-hop legend MF DOOM. Born in London and raised in the suburban enclave of Long Beach, New York, Daniel Dumile Jr.'s love of cartoons and comic books would soon turn him into one of hip-hop's most enigmatic, prolific, and influential figures. Sweeping and definitive, The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast recounts the rise, fall, redemption, and untimely demise of MF DOOM. Broken down into five sections: The Man, The Myth, The Mask, The Music, and The Legend, journalist S. H. Fernando, or SKIZ, chronicles the life of Daniel Dumile Jr., beginning in the house he grew up in in Long Beach, NY, into the hip-hop group KMD, onto the stage of his first masked show, through the countless collabs, and across the many different cities Daniel called home. Centering the music, SKIZ deftly lays out the history of east-coast rap against DOOM's life story and dissects the personas, projects, tracks, and lyrics that led to his immortality. Including exclusive interviews with those who worked closely with DOOM and providing an unknown, intimate, behind the scenes look into DOOM's life, The Chronicles of DOOM is the definitive biography of MF DOOM, a supervillain on stage and hero to those who paid attention.
Kashperova: Piano Concerto in a Minor, Op. 2 Piano Solo
(BH Piano). Leokadiya Kashperova (1872 1940), hitherto consigned to a footnote in musical history as Stravinsky's piano teacher, is undergoing rediscovery. A double graduate of the St Petersburg Conservatoire, she emerged as a virtuoso pianist and composer in the romantic tradition. She was associated with some of the great musicians of her day, including Balakirev and Auer. She performed in both Germany and the UK in the 1900s, but her career petered out after 1920. The Piano Concerto (1900) is Kashperova's earliest surviving orchestral work, and it was premiered by the composer the following year in Moscow and St Petersburg, bringing her much wider recognition and paving the way for an international career. Cast in three movements and in a Romantic idiom, pianistic virtuosity is often channelled into the pianist's left hand, which is required to negotiate widely-spaced 'extreme' arpeggios awkwardly angular when adagio, fiendishly technical when molto allegro. Kashperova's orchestral colours are achieved by felicitous solos for the woodwind, horns and brass. Noteworthy, too, are unexpected glimpses of chamber music when, in the last movement for example, the piano combines fleetingly with solo violin and solo cello in passages. The concerto's quick music (Molto allegro and Allegro con anima) admirably portrays the vivacious personality of their composer, described in 1906 as offering those around her 'an abundance of joy, excitement and fun'. The central movement, by contrast, is a tender Adagio which offers the listener a gem of musical poetry.
Kashperova: Piano Concerto in a Minor, Op. 2
(BH Piano). Leokadiya Kashperova (1872 1940), hitherto consigned to a footnote in musical history as Stravinsky's piano teacher, is undergoing rediscovery. A double graduate of the St Petersburg Conservatoire, she emerged as a virtuoso pianist and composer in the romantic tradition. She was associated with some of the great musicians of her day, including Balakirev and Auer. She performed in both Germany and the UK in the 1900s, but her career petered out after 1920. The Piano Concerto (1900) is Kashperova's earliest surviving orchestral work, and it was premiered by the composer the following year in Moscow and St Petersburg, bringing her much wider recognition and paving the way for an international career. Cast in three movements and in a Romantic idiom, pianistic virtuosity is often channelled into the pianist's left hand, which is required to negotiate widely-spaced 'extreme' arpeggios awkwardly angular when adagio, fiendishly technical when molto allegro. Kashperova's orchestral colours are achieved by felicitous solos for the woodwind, horns and brass. Noteworthy, too, are unexpected glimpses of chamber music when, in the last movement for example, the piano combines fleetingly with solo violin and solo cello in passages. The concerto's quick music (Molto allegro and Allegro con anima) admirably portrays the vivacious personality of their composer, described in 1906 as offering those around her 'an abundance of joy, excitement and fun'. The central movement, by contrast, is a tender Adagio which offers the listener a gem of musical poetry.
In-Law Country
Geoffrey Himes explores a previously unnamed movement that helped shape modern country music: In-Law Country. It was a movement of outsiders who would become insiders. Weaving together biography and musical analysis, Himes shows how Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell, Ricky Skaggs, Guy Clark, and others changed the sounds and stories of country music forever.
In-Law Country
Geoffrey Himes explores a previously unnamed movement that helped shape modern country music: In-Law Country. It was a movement of outsiders who would become insiders. Weaving together biography and musical analysis, Himes shows how Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell, Ricky Skaggs, Guy Clark, and others changed the sounds and stories of country music forever.
