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Dolly Parton's Star Continues To Rise | Music Reviews

Dolly Parton's Star Continues To Rise | Music Reviews
LJ Reviews,  Sep 13, 2020

A persuasive argument for taking Parton seriously as an artist; a thoughtful musing on the significance of Parton’s work and success, and those she inspires

Scholars Foster and Gussow Unpack Race and the Blues | Music Reviews

Scholars Foster and Gussow Unpack Race and the Blues | Music Reviews
LJ Reviews,  Sep 13, 2020

Foster’s thoughtful and well-researched look at race and the blues will be useful to music and sociology academics; extremely knowledgeable but a bit overly academic, Gussow ably details the African American core of the blues and the shifting racial dynamics that have made the music so compelling

LJ Talks to Ricky Riccardi, Author of

LJ Talks to Ricky Riccardi, Author of "Heart Full of Rhythm: The Big Band Years of Louis Armstrong"
David P. Szatmary,  Sep 13, 2020

Author Ricky Riccardi spoke with LJ about his work at Louis Armstrong House Museum and why Armstrong’s music and life still resonate all these years later.

Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: The Early Years
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Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: The Early Years
Posner, Michael
This book offers a seductive blend of sometimes contradictory insights into Cohen but will be sought after only by his most devoted fans.
Composers: Their Lives and Works
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Composers: Their Lives and Works
There’s little new here; readers will find the same information covered in similar texts. Still, for nonmusically trained readers, this is an aesthetically pleasing introduction to Western classical music.
The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan

The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan
Shone, Tom
For the foreseeable future, this is the definitive word on Nolan and a must for film buffs.
I Don’t Like the Blues: Race, Place, and the Backbeat of Black Life
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I Don’t Like the Blues: Race, Place, and the Backbeat of Black Life
Foster, B. Brian
Foster’s thoughtful and well-researched look at race and the blues via an exploration of a distressed and declining Southern rural town will be useful to music and sociology academics.
She Come by It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs
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She Come by It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs
Smarsh, Sarah
A thoughtful musing on the significance of Parton’s work and success, and those she inspires.
Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton
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Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton
Hamessley, Lydia R
A persuasive argument for taking Dolly Parton seriously as an artist. For folk and country music scholars, musicians, and fans.
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