Rosenstock, Barb
Summary: Presents the story of Bill Monroe, whose deep Kentucky roots helped him to create the unique American music called bluegrass.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 781.6 ROSStreissguth, Michael
Summary: "In a dim clearing off a county road in Kentucky sits a sagging outdoor stage buried in moss and dead leaves. It used to be the centerpiece of carnival-like Sunday afternoons where local guitarists, fiddlers and mandolin players hammered out old mountain ballads while legends from the dawn of country music performed their classic hits. Most of the musicians who showed up have long since passed,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.642 STRGuarino, Mark
Summary: "Chicago is recognized around the world for its place in the history of jazz, gospel, and the blues. Far less known is the surprisingly important role Chicago played in country music and the folk revival. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and deep archival research, Mark Guarino tells a forgotten story of music in Chicago and reveals how the city's institutions and personalities influenced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 GUARibowsky, Mark
Summary: After he died in the backseat of a Cadillac at the age of twenty-nine, Hank Williams, a frail, flawed man who had become country music's most compelling and popular star, instantly morphed into its first tragic martyr. Having hit the heights in the postwar era with simple songs of heartache and star-crossed love, he would, with that outlaw swagger, become in death a template for the rock...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B WILLIAMS RIBNelson, Willie
Summary: For the first time ever, and to help celebrate his 90th birthday in 2023, American icon Willie Nelson provides the stories behind the lyrics of 160 of his favorite songs, along with a dynamic assortment of never-before-seen photos and ephemera. From his earliest work in the 1950s to today, Willie looks back at the songs that have defined his career, from his days of earning $50 each to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 NELCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 782.42 NELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 782.42 NELParton, Dolly
Summary: Mining over sixty years of songwriting, Dolly Parton highlights her music and brings listeners behind the lyrics by exploring the songs that have defined her journey.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 PARTON, DOLLY PARLee, Edward
Summary: "Chef Edward Lee's story and his food could only happen in America. Raised in Brooklyn by a family of Korean immigrants, he eventually settled down in his adopted hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, where he owns the acclaimed restaurant 610 Magnolia. A multiple James Beard Award nominee for his unique patchwork cuisine, Edward creates recipes--filled with pickling, fermenting, frying, curing,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5975 LEECopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5975 LEELittman, Margaret
Summary: Barbecue and hot chicken, bluegrass and the blues, mountains and rivers: Tennessee offers something for every mood, every season, and every interest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moon Travel, Hachett Book Group 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL USASummary: "Once a miner's outpost with cowboy riffraff, today this Western metropolis is basecamp for bluegrass lovers, outdoor entrepreneurs and travelers seeking a Rocky Mountain high"--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.888 DENVER WILSummary: Learn how you can create infectious, driving rhythms and syncopations in a wide variety of musical styles. The percussive bowing techniques taught produce exciting grooves that can be used to accompany genres from bluegrass to rock.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Homespun Video 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 787.2 STRJulin, Don.
Summary: The mandolin has been enriching western music with its distinctive voice for nearly three centuries. Master the basics in no time and learn to play everything from blues and bluegrass to jazz and classical.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 787.84 JULCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Music JulinSkaggs, Ricky.
Summary: Celebrating his fortieth year as a professional musician, the musical prodigy and legend who revived modern bluegrass music presents a candid memoir with intimate stories of his successful career and personal revelations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ItBooks 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SKAGGS, RICKY SKAGreen, Jeff.
Summary: The new 5th edition covers all genres of music, including popular standards, contemporary hits, oldies, rock, country, R&B, rap, hip hop, jazz, alternative, Broadway, folk, blues, bluegrass, reggae, new age, television themes, marching compositions, instrumentals, national anthems, children's songs, advertising jingles, and novelty records.--From publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Professional Desk References 2002
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1 available in Sight & Sound Reference Material, Call number: SSR 016.7824 GRELudwick, Cameron M.
Summary: A drive straight across the Bluegrass State takes nearly eight hours. But that would bypass all the worthwhile distractions between Paw Paw in Pike County and the Kentucky Bend of the Mississippi River in Fulton County. Treasures like Abraham Lincoln's boyhood home that rests inside a Greek-style temple. Or the Jefferson Davis monument rising from a field in Fairview. From rip-roaring barn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: History Press 2015