Country & western

Discovering Country Music chronicles the incredible evolution of country music in America - from the fiddle to the pop charts - and provides an insightful account of the reasons …

With the same straightforward honesty that made her one of country’s top-selling female recording artists, Reba McEntire tells her phenomenal story.   From her childhood in …

Tommy Thompson arrived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 1963, smitten by folk and traditional Appalachian music. In 1972, he teamed with Bill Hicks and Jim Watson to form …

Contributions by Joshua Coleman, Christine Hand Jones, Kevin C. Neece, Charlotte Pence, George Plasketes, Jeffrey Scholes, Jeff Sellars, Toby Thompson, and Jude Warne After …

Chely Wright, singer, songwriter, and country music star, writes in this moving, telling memoir about her life and her career; about growing up in America's heartland and about …

North Carolina fiddler and banjo player Jim Scancarelli's extensive career as a string band musician began in the early 1960s. A founding member of the Kilocycle Kowboys, one of …

Though not a household name for the general public, Kent Finlay (19382015) was one of the world's best-known and best-loved promoters, mentors, and gurus of Texas music. In 1974, …

RECIPIENT OF A 2024 NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY OF HISTORIANS AWARD OF EXCELLENCEThe banjo has been emblematic of the Southern Appalachian Mountains since the late twentieth century. …

Authoritatively written and lavishly illustrated, Fender Telecaster 75 Years is the officially licensed anniversary celebration of this legendary guitar.Embraced for its simplicity …

On New Year's Day 1953, Hank Williams--numbed by a deadly combination of whiskey and narcotics--died in the back seat of his Cadillac en route to a performance in Canton, Ohio. He …