It Books, June 2013. Hardcover. More

Penguin (Non-Classics), December 2011. Trade Paperback. The definitive biography of Alan Lomax-from John Szwed,"the best music biographer in the business" (L.A. Weekly). One of the most remarkable figures of the twentieth century, Alan Lomax was best known for bringing legendary musicians like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Muddy Waters, Lead Belly..... More

Scribner, October 2020. Hardcover. Nominated for the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award The National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Heartland focuses her laser-sharp insights on a working-class icon and one of the most unifying figures in American culture: Dolly Parton. Growing up amid Kansas..... More

Viking Adult, August 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. A candid and moving memoir from the critically acclaimed singer and songwriter For thirty years as a musician, Rosanne Cash has enjoyed both critical and commercial success, releasing a series of albums that are as notable for their lyrical intelligence as for their..... More

Viking Adult, September 2005. Hardcover. Hank Williams, the quintessential country music singer and songwriter, died alone in the backseat of his Cadillac on New Year's Day, 1953. He died much as he had lived: drunk, forlorn, suffering from a birth defect, wondering when the bubble would burst. Having sprouted out..... More

Zondervan, August 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in heavily edgeworn dustjacket. Previous owner's name inked FFEP. In black cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine & facsimile signature stamped on front board. Previous owner's name inked FFEP. [244 pp.]. More

Plume, September 1983. Trade Paperback. First published in 1943, this autobiography is also a superb portrait of America's Depression years, by the folk singer, activist, and man who saw it all. Woody Guthrie was born in Oklahoma and traveled this whole country over--not by jet or motorcycle, but by boxcar..... More

February 2004. Trade Paperback. The first major biography of the Carter Family, the musical pioneers who almost single-handedly created the sounds and traditions that grew into modern folk, country, and bluegrass music. Meticulously researched and lovingly written, it is a look at a world and a culture that, rather than..... More

Univ Tennessee Press, June 2002. Trade Paperback. In the Blue Ridge Mountains along the Virginia-North Carolina border, an extraordinarily rich musical heritage survives and flourishes. Even before the legendary Bill Monroe coined the term "bluegrass" in the mid-1950s, the traditional music of this area was coming into its own as..... More

University of Texas Press, June 2018. Paper Back. This summer, No Depression will dig into topics of immigration and migration in roots music. Stories will delve into the ways songs spread across borders and profiles on the songwriters who undertake those journeys. The issue will also highlight means of transportation..... More