Description
| Product ID: | 9781477326497 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | American Music Series |
| Title: | Black Country Music |
| Subtitle: | Listening for Revolutions |
| Authors: | Author: Francesca T. Royster |
| Page Count: | 248 |
| Subjects: | Traditional and folk music, Folk & traditional music, Popular music, Social and cultural history, Ethnic studies, Country & Western music, Social & cultural history, Black & Asian studies |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating How Black musicians have changed the country music landscape and brought light to Black creativity and innovation. 2023 Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Informed by queer theory and Black feminist scholarship, Royster’s book elucidates the roots of the current moment found in records like Tina Turner’s first solo album, Tina Turns the Country On! She reckons with Black “bros” Charley Pride and Darius Rucker, then chases ghosts into the future with Valerie June. Indeed, it is the imagination of Royster and her artists that make this music so exciting for a genre that has long been obsessed with the past. The futures conjured by June and others can be melancholy, and are not free of racism, but by centering Black folk Royster begins to understand what her daughter hears in the banjo music of Our Native Daughters and the trap beat of Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road.” A Black person claiming country music may still feel a bit like a queer person coming out, but, collectively, Black artists and fans are changing what country music looks and sounds like—and who gets to love it. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Texas Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Texas Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-10-04 |