Michael Cain offers an informal social history that describes Americana as both a musical genre and a movement, showing what it is, where it came from and where it is going. Through anecdotes and interviews, Cain provides a firsthand view into the creation of Americana, trying to clarify how the genre can be categorized and defined.
Michael Cain offers an informal social history that describes Americana as both a musical genre and a movement, showing what it is, where it came from and where it is going. Through anecdotes and interviews, Cain provides a firsthand view into the creation of Americana, trying to clarify how the genre can be categorized and defined.
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Roots of American Music: Folk, Americana, Blues, and Country
The late Michael Scott Cain taught English, literature and popular culture at the college level for more than 40 years. He was an editor for rambles.net, covering jazz, blues and poetry and was the author of seven books of poetry, four novels and several works of nonfiction.
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Introduction 1. Origins of the Americana Movement 2. Will the Circle Be Unbroken? 3. When Things Go Wrong, Blame the Radio 4. Don t Drink from a Bottle If You Didn t See It Opened Interlude: Roger McGuinn: Respecting Tradition While Transforming It 5. If I could find a white boy who sang black 6. Appropriating Black Culture Interlude: Rosanne Cash 7. The Irish Claim the Bronx 8. Bringing the Good News 9. The Battle for the Soul Interlude: Kris Kristofferson 10. As Duke Ellington Said, There s Only Two Types of Music: Good and Bad 11. Speaking the Truth to Those Who Have Ears to Listen 12. Americana as a Symbol of Musical Adulthood 13. Let s Go Backwards When Forwards Fails 14. Swallowing Other Genres 15. A Sense of Community 16. It Might Be a Great Bag to Be In, But Why Must I Be in a Bag at All? Interlude: Jim Lauderdale 17. The Archetype of Americana 18. Back to the Question: Do We Have Any Idea What Americana Is? Coda: An Annotated List of Recommended Recordings Select Bibliography
Introduction 1. Origins of the Americana Movement 2. Will the Circle Be Unbroken? 3. When Things Go Wrong, Blame the Radio 4. Don t Drink from a Bottle If You Didn t See It Opened Interlude: Roger McGuinn: Respecting Tradition While Transforming It 5. If I could find a white boy who sang black 6. Appropriating Black Culture Interlude: Rosanne Cash 7. The Irish Claim the Bronx 8. Bringing the Good News 9. The Battle for the Soul Interlude: Kris Kristofferson 10. As Duke Ellington Said, There s Only Two Types of Music: Good and Bad 11. Speaking the Truth to Those Who Have Ears to Listen 12. Americana as a Symbol of Musical Adulthood 13. Let s Go Backwards When Forwards Fails 14. Swallowing Other Genres 15. A Sense of Community 16. It Might Be a Great Bag to Be In, But Why Must I Be in a Bag at All? Interlude: Jim Lauderdale 17. The Archetype of Americana 18. Back to the Question: Do We Have Any Idea What Americana Is? Coda: An Annotated List of Recommended Recordings Select Bibliography
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