Oh, didn't they ramble : Rounder Records and the transformation of American roots music /

"What is American roots music? Any definition must account for a kaleidoscope of genres from bluegrass to blues, western swing to jazz, soul and gospel to rock and reggae, Cajun to Celtic. It must encompass the work of artists as diverse as Alice Gerrard and Alison Krauss, George Thorogood and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Menconi, David (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Rounder Records (Firm) > History. Rounder Records (Firm) Sound recording industry > United States > History. Folk music > United States > History and criticism. Popular music > United States > History and criticism. Enregistrements sonores > Industrie > États-Unis > Histoire. Musique folklorique > États-Unis > Histoire et critique. Musique populaire > États-Unis > Histoire et critique. MUSIC / Ethnomusicology. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / General. Folk music Popular music Sound recording industry United States Criticism, interpretation, etc. History

Table of Contents:

Beginnings
On the road
Records and manifestos
Back home in Sulphur Springs
Ol' number 0044
Bad to the bone
More money, more problems
Quiet girls
The final fourth Rounder
O brother (and sister), where art thou?
Raising sand, and the roof
Will the circle be unbroken?
Epilogue: September 29, 2016.