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Women have been pivotal in the country music scene since its inception, as Charles K. Wolfe and James E. Akenson make clear in The Women of Country Music. Their groundbreaking volume presents the best current scholarship and writing on female country musicians. Beginning with the 1920s career of tee...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Wolfe, Charles K., Akenson, James Edward, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2003.
Subjects:
Women country musicians > Biography.
Country music > History and criticism.
Musiciennes country > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Entertainment & Performing Arts.
Country music.
Women country musicians.
Countrymusic
Frau
Frau.
Biography
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Women have been pivotal in the country music scene since its inception, as Charles K. Wolfe and James E. Akenson make clear in The Women of Country Music. Their groundbreaking volume presents the best current scholarship and writing on female country musicians. Beginning with the 1920s career of teenage guitar picker Roba Stanley, the contributors go on to discuss Polly Jenkins and Her Musical Plowboys, 50s honky-tonker Rose Lee Maphis, superstar Faith Hill, the relationship between Emmylou Harris and poet Bronwen Wallace, the Louisiana Hayride's Margaret Lewis Warwick, and more.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780813157733
0813157730
0813184975
9780813184975
9780813131269
081313126X

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