River of song : a musical journey down the Mississippi /
Companion to the major Smithsonian Institution series for public television and radio, River of Song explores the breadth and depth of American music at the close of the twentieth century - through narrative, photography and the words of the musicians themselves
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
1998
New York : 1998 |
| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface / ani difranco
- Introduction / John Junkerman
- Pt. 1 Americans, Old and New
- 1. The Powwow Lives On: Chippewa Nation
- 2. North Country Fiddles: The Skal Club Spelmanslag
- 3. Rockin' the World: Babes in Toyland
- 4. Folk Songs in the City: John Koerner
- 5. Singing the Message: Sounds of Blackness
- 6. Strangers in a Strange Land: Wang Chong Lor and Students
- 7. The Old Dutchman Polka: Karl Hartwich
- 8. Mexican Roots, American Branches: La Otra Mitad
- 9. Davenport Jazz: Manny and Dude Lopez
- Pt. 2. The Midwestern Crossroads
- 1. Prairie Home Bohemian: Greg Brown
- 2. Riverboats, Fiddles, and Banjos: John Hartford
- 3. Good Old Family Music: Western Illinois Bluegrass Days
- 4. Poetry and the Drum: Eugene Redmond and Sylvester "Sunshine" Lee
- 5. Rhythm and Blues Man: Oliver Sain
- 6. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: Fontella Bass
- 7. Loud Music in a Small Town: The Bottle Rockets
- 8. Old French New Year: The Ste. Genevieve Guignolee Singers
- 9. That Old-Time Religion: The Boundless Love Quartet
- Pt. 3. The Southern Fusion
- 1. We Wanna Boogie: Sonny Burgess
- 2. Beale Street Talking: Rufus Thomas
- 3. Memphis Soul Stew: The Memphis Horns, with Ann Peebles
- 4. Down Home in Mississippi: Big Jack Johnson
- 5. A Blues King Comes Home: Little Milton
- 6. United in Praise: The Mississippi Mass Choir
- Pt. 4. Louisiana, where Music is King
- 1. North Louisiana Twang: Kenny Bill Stinson
- 2. The Singing Governor Turns Ninety-Eight: Jimmie Davis and Friends
- 3. The Cajun Hank Williams: D. L. Menard
- 4. Zydeco Cowboy: Geno Delafose
- 5. The Strects of the French Quarter: David and Roselyn
- 6. The Soul Queen of New Orleans: Irma Thomas
- 7. New Orleans Keyboard Wizard: Henry Butler
- 8. Hip-Hop Brass Band Revolutionaries: Soul Rebels
- 9. Spaniards in the Swamps: Irvan and Allen Perez.
- Preface / ani difranco
- Introduction / John Junkerman
- Pt. 1 Americans, Old and New. 1. The Powwow Lives On: Chippewa Nation. 2. North Country Fiddles: The Skal Club Spelmanslag. 3. Rockin' the World: Babes in Toyland. 4. Folk Songs in the City: John Koerner. 5. Singing the Message: Sounds of Blackness. 6. Strangers in a Strange Land: Wang Chong Lor and Students. 7. The Old Dutchman Polka: Karl Hartwich. 8. Mexican Roots, American Branches: La Otra Mitad. 9. Davenport Jazz: Manny and Dude Lopez
- Pt. 2. The Midwestern Crossroads. 1. Prairie Home Bohemian: Greg Brown. 2. Riverboats, Fiddles, and Banjos: John Hartford. 3. Good Old Family Music: Western Illinois Bluegrass Days. 4. Poetry and the Drum: Eugene Redmond and Sylvester "Sunshine" Lee. 5. Rhythm and Blues Man: Oliver Sain. 6. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: Fontella Bass. 7. Loud Music in a Small Town: The Bottle Rockets. 8. Old French New Year: The Ste. Genevieve Guignolee Singers.
- 9 That Old-Time Religion: The Boundless Love Quartet
- Pt. 3. The Southern Fusion. 1. We Wanna Boogie: Sonny Burgess. 2. Beale Street Talking: Rufus Thomas. 3. Memphis Soul Stew: The Memphis Horns, with Ann Peebles. 4. Down Home in Mississippi: Big Jack Johnson. 5. A Blues King Comes Home: Little Milton. 6. United in Praise: The Mississippi Mass Choir
- Pt. 4. Louisiana, where Music is King. 1. North Louisiana Twang: Kenny Bill Stinson. 2. The Singing Governor Turns Ninety-Eight: Jimmie Davis and Friends. 3. The Cajun Hank Williams: D. L. Menard. 4. Zydeco Cowboy: Geno Delafose. 5. The Strects of the French Quarter: David and Roselyn. 6. The Soul Queen of New Orleans: Irma Thomas. 7. New Orleans Keyboard Wizard: Henry Butler. 8. Hip-Hop Brass Band Revolutionaries: Soul Rebels. 9. Spaniards in the Swamps: Irvan and Allen Perez.