My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future by Randall, Alice

My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future

Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author presents "a celebration of all things country music" (Ken Burns)...
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Author: Alice Randall
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My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future by Randall, Alice

My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future

$52.83

My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future

$52.83
Author: Alice Randall
Format: Library Binding
Language: English

Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author presents "a celebration of all things country music" (Ken Burns) as she reflects on her search for the first family of Black country music.

Country music had brought Alice Randall and her activist mother together and even gave Randall a singular distinction in American music history: she is the first Black woman to cowrite a number one country hit, Trisha Yearwood's "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)". Randall found inspiration and comfort in the sounds and history of the first family of Black country music: DeFord Bailey, Lil Hardin, Ray Charles, Charley Pride, and Herb Jeffries who, together, made up a community of Black Americans rising through hard times to create simple beauty, true joy, and sometimes profound eccentricity.

What emerges in My Black Country is "a delightful, inspirational story of persistence, resistance, and sheer love" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) of this most American of music genres and the radical joy in realizing the power of Black influence on American culture. As country music goes through a fresh renaissance today, with a new wave of Black artists enjoying success, My Black Country is the perfect gift for longtime country fans and a vibrant introduction to a new generation of listeners who previously were not invited to give the genre a chance.



Author: Alice Randall
Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
Published: 11/13/2024
Pages: 461
Binding Type: Library Binding
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781420517804

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