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I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy: Urban French-American Fiddling from the 1930s-1950s. (Frank Ferrel)

Published on July 4, 2022 Reviewed by Jordan Smith From the Magazine: Volume 15, Number 3

Even the most utilitarian fiddle tune books carry on the stories of the musicians who played the tunes, the listeners and dancers who wanted to hear them more than once,… Read More →

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Rural Rhythm: The Story of Old-Time Country Music in 78 Records (by Tony Russell)

Published on December 6, 2021 Reviewed by Ted Olson

Tony Russell has documented and interpreted a range of American vernacular music traditions for over half a century.  Readers of the Old-Time Herald will recognize him as a (or, in… Read More →

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Appalachian Fiddle Music: Featuring 43 Fiddlers and 188 of Their Tunes (by Drew Beisswenger and Roy Andrade with Scott Prouty)

Published on December 6, 2021 Reviewed by Jordan Smith

As the helpful introduction makes clear, this is no ordinary tune book. It’s likely to spend as much time near your reading chair or laptop as on your music stand.… Read More →

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Speed Bumps on a Dirt Road: When Old Time Music Met Bluegrass, by John Cohen

Published on October 22, 2020 Reviewed by Jordan Smith From the Magazine: Volume 15, Number 1

 “These beautiful and honest photographs take me back,” writes Alice Gerrard in her brief, heartfelt introduction to John Cohen’s Speed Bumps on a Dirt Road: When Old Time Music Met… Read More →

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Tommy Thompson: New-Timey String Band Musician by Lewis M. Stern

Published on January 20, 2020 Reviewed by Jordan Smith From the Magazine: Volume 14, Number 12

Sam Shepard, playwright and actor and musician, either did or did not in sit in on drums with the Red Clay Ramblers. (Historian differ, as Alan Jabbour might have said.)… Read More →

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Tommy Thompson

Creoles of South Louisiana: Three Centuries Strong
 by Elista Istre

Published on January 20, 2020 Reviewed by Stuart Mason From the Magazine: Volume 14, Number 12

These days, most folks have a pretty good idea of what it means when people mention the Cajun culture of Lousiana. Cajun music can be thought of as the old-time… Read More →

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Creole, Louisiana

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