Americanaland: Where Country & Western Met Rock 'n' Roll Volume 1

by John Milward

Book Overview

A musical genre forever outside the lines

With a claim on artists from Jimmie Rodgers to Jason Isbell, Americana can be hard to define, but you know it when you hear it. John Milward's Americanaland is filled with the enduring performers and vivid stories that are at the heart of Americana. At base a hybrid of rock and country, Americana is also infused with folk, blues, R&B, bluegrass, and other types of roots music. Performers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025204391X
• ISBN13: 9780252043918
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.4"