Country Music Now: Roots, Scenes, New Voices
A shelf that connects festival culture and regional scenes to honky-tonk legacies and the queer and boundary-pushing artists reshaping country music.
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Her CountryMarissa R. MossHer Country traces women's impact and the shifting power dynamics within country music, directly illuminating...Shelf signal: Musicians' Lives
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I DieWillie Nelson, Kinky FriedmanWillie Nelson's memoir provides first-person perspective on outlaw country and festival culture that contextualizes...Shelf signal: American Art
CashJohnny Cash, Patrick CarrJohnny Cash's autobiography offers insight into country music's mainstream roots and working-class themes echoed in...Shelf signal: American Art
Real Queer AmericaSamantha AllenReal Queer America maps LGBTQ networks and scenes in American music and culture, aligning with reporting on queer...Shelf signal: LGBTQ+ Lives
Chosen CountryJames PogueChosen Country examines the contemporary American West and rural life, helping explain the regional festival settings...Shelf signal: Rural Life
MusicTed Gioia, Jamie RenellMusic delivers broad historical perspective on popular music's social role, situating country music trends within wider...Shelf signal: Music History