RECENT BIBLIOGRAPHY/DISCOGRAPHY/VIDEOGRAPHY

Compiled by Jennifer C. Post

BOOKS AND ARTICLES

Barrand, Anthony G. (1996). "Stumbling upon Lancashire Mill Culture in New England." In The World Observed: Reflections on the Fieldwork Process, ed. B. Jackson and E. D. Ives. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.

Bealle, John. (1997). Public Worship, Private Faith: Sacred Harp and American Folk Song. Athens: University of Georgia Press.

——. (1993). "Self Involvement in Musical Performance: Stage Talk and Interpretive Control at a Bluegrass Festival." Ethnomusicology, 63–86.

Berg, Wesley. (1996). "Hymns of the Old Colony Mennonites and the Old Way of Singing." Musical Quarterly 80 (1):77–117.

Bemhardt, Jack. (1996). Cry Holy Unto the Lord: Tradition and Diversity in Bluegrass Gospel Music. Montgomery, AL: Black Belt.

Blaustein, Richard. (1994). "The Oldtime Fiddlers Association Movement: A Grassroots Folk Revival." Southern Folklore 51 (3):199–217.

Bronner, Simon J. (1987). Old-Time Music Makers of New York State. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.

Caimey, C. Thomas. (1991–1992). "'That evil fiddle': Scotch-Irish Folk Religion and Ethnic Boundary Maintenance in Southern Missouri." Missouri Folklore Society Journal 13–14:17–30.

Campbell, Gavin James. (1997). "'Old can be used instead of new': Shape-Note Singing and the Crisis of Modernity in the New South, 1880–1920." Journal of American Folklore 110 (436): 169–88.

Carr, Joe and Munde, Alan. (1995). Prairie Nights to Neon Lights: The Story of Country Music in West Texas. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press.

Carter, Thomas, with Sauber, Thomas. (1990). "'I never could play alone': The Emergence of the New River Valley String Band, 1875–1915." In Arts in Earnest: North Carolina Folklife, ed. D. W. Patterson and C. G. Zug III. Durham, NC, and London, England: Duke University Press.

Cauthen, Joyce H. (1989). With Fiddle and Well-Rosined Bow: Old-Time Fiddling in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.

Cochran, Robert. (1996). Our Own Sweet Sounds : A Celebration of Popular Music in Arkansas. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press.

——. (1999). Singing in Zion: Music and Song in the Life of an Arkansas Family. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press.

Dalsemer, Bob. (1996). "Old Time Square Dancing on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina: Notes from Interviews with Ocracoke Island Dancers, September 13–15, 1992." Country Dance and Song 26:1–11.

Dugaw, Diane, ed. (1995). The Anglo-American Ballad: A Folklore Casebook. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, vol. 1858; Garland Folklore Casebooks, vol. 8. New York: Garland.

Ellis, Bill. (1994). "Reinventing the Anglo-American Ballad: Dave Evans's Performance Style." Southern Folklore 51 (3):219–40.

Ellison, Curtis W. (1995). "Keeping Faith: Evangelical Performance in Country Music." SAQ: The South Atlantic Quarterly 94 (1):135–72.

Everts-Boehm, Dana. (1995). "'Oh, don't you remember': A Family Portrait of 'Babes in the Woods.'" Missouri Folklore Society Journal 17:17–31.

Fenster, Mark. (1989). "Preparing the Audience, Informing the Performers: John A. Lomax and Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads." American Music 7 (3):260–77.

——. (1990). "Buck Owens, Country Music, and the Struggle for Discursive Control." Popular Music 9 (3):275–90.

——. (1996). "Commercial (and/or?) Folk: The Bluegrass Industry and Bluegrass Traditions." SAQ: The South Atlantic Quarterly 94 (1):81–108.

Fitzwilson, Mary Ann. (1995). "With Hammers of Their Own Design: Scholarly Treatment of the John Henry Tradition." Missouri Folklore Society Journal 17:33–54.

Fryd, Vivien Green. (1995). "'The sad twang of mountain voices': Thomas Hart Benton's Sources of Country Music." SAQ: The South Atlantic Quarterly 94 (1):301–35.

Goddu, Theresa. (1995). "Bloody Daggers and Lonesome Graveyards: The Gothic and Country Music." SAQ: The South Atlantic Quarterly 94 (1):57–80.

Goertzen, Chris. (1996). "Balancing Local and National Approaches at American Fiddle Contests." American Music 14 (3):352–81.

Greenhill, Pauline. (1995). "'Neither a man nor a maid': Sexualities and Gendered Meanings in Cross-Dressing Ballads." Journal of American Folklore 108 (428): 156–77.

Halpert, Herbert. (1995). "The Devil, the Fiddle, and Dancing." In Fields of Folklore: Essays in Honor of Kenneth S. Goldstein, ed. Roger D. Abrahams et al. Bloomington, IN: Trickster Press.

Hansen, Gregory. (1996). "The Relevance of 'Authentic Tradition' in Studying an Oldtime Florida Fiddler." Southern Folklore 53 (2):67–89.

Herman, Janet. (1995). "Music in a Dance Context: The Case of Contra in Los Angeles." UCLA Journal of Dance Ethnology 19:6–13.

Hollifield, Andrienne. (1995). "Family Tradition, Orality, and Cultural Intervention in Sodom Laurel Ballad Singing." North Carolina Folklore Journal 42 (1):1–34.

Hutson, C. Kirk. (1996). "'Whackety whack, don't talk back': The Glorification of Violence against Females and the Subjugation of Women in Nineteenth-Century Southern Folk Music." Journal of Women's History 8 (3): 114–42.

Kahn, Ed. (1996). "The Carter Family on Border Radio." American Music 14 (2):205–17.

Kingsbury, Paul, ed. (1996). The Country Reader: Twenty-Five Years of the Journal of Country Music. Nashville, TN, and London, England: Country Music Foundation Press and Vanderbilt University Press.

Kisliuk, Michelle. (1988). "'A special kind of courtesy': Action at a Bluegrass Festival Jam Session." TDR: The Drama Review 32 (3): 141–55.

Krause, Rhett. (1995). "A History of Garland Dancing in America." Country Dance and Song 25:1–28.

Laufman, Dudley. (1992). Dick Richardson: Old Time New Hampshire Fiddler. Canterbury, NH: D. Laufman.

Lewis, George H, ed. (1993). All That Glitters: Country Music in America. Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University Popular Press.

Linscott, Eloise Hubbard, ed. (1993). Folk Songs of Old New England, 2nd ed. New York: Dover; London: Constable.

List, George. (1991). Singing about It: Folk Song in Southern Indiana. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society.

Marunas, Nathaniel. (1996). Roots of Country: The Story of Country Music. New York, NY: Friedman/Fairfax.

McLucas, Anne Dhu. (1994). "The Multi-Layered Concept of 'Folk Song' in American Music: The Case of Jean Ritchie's 'The Two Sisters.'" In Themes and Variations: Writings on Music in Honor of Rulan Chao Pian, ed. B. Yung and J. S. C. Lam. Cambridge: Department of Music, Harvard University; Hong Kong: Institute of Chinese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

McWhorter, Frankie. (1992). Cowboy Fiddler. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press.

Milnes, Gerald. (1999). Play of a Fiddle: Traditional Music, Dance, and Folklore in West Virginia. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.

Montell, Lynwood. (1996). "Absorbed in Gospel Music." In The World Observed: Reflections on the Fieldwork Process, ed. B. Jackson and E. D. Ives. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.

Morris, Alton C., ed. (1990). Folksongs of Florida. Gainesville: University of Florida Press.

Nusbaum, Philip. (1993). "Bluegrass and the Folk Revival: Structural Similarities and Experienced Differences." In Transforming Tradition: Folk Music Revivals Examined, ed. N. V. Rosenberg. Urbana: University of Illinois.

——. (1997). "Festival Committee of the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association: Musical Community." Mid-America Folklore 25 (1): 14–35.

Oakley, Ken. (1999). A History of Bluegrass in New York and Northeastern Pennsylvania. Deposit, NY: K&C Publications.

Patterson, Beverly Bush. (1995). The Sound of the Dove: Singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist Churches. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.

Peterson, Richard A. (1997). Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Pugh, Ronnie. (1998). Ernest Tubb: The Texas Troubadour. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Ritchie, Jean. (1997). Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians as Sung by Jean Ritchie, 2nd ed. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.

Rosenberg, Neil V. (1993). "Starvation, Serendipity, and the Ambivalence of Bluegrass Revivalism." In Transforming Tradition: Folk Music Revivals Examined, ed. N. V. Rosenberg. Urbana: University of Illinois.

——. (1993). Bluegrass: A History. Urbana: University of Illinois.

Sample, Tex. (1996). White Soul: Country Music, the Church, and Working Americans. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press.

Sanjek, David. (1995). "Blue Moon of Kentucky Rising over the Mystery Train: The Complex Construction of Country Music." SAQ: The South Atlantic Quarterly 94 (1):29–55.

Sannella, Ted. (1996). Swing the Next: A Second Collection of Squares, Contras, Triplets, and Circles in the New England Tradition. Northampton, MA: Country Dance and Song Society.

Seymour, Chris. (1996). Bluegrass. New York: Friedman/Fairfax.

Sheaffer, John C. (1996). "The Thompsonville Strike: An Event and a Ballad." Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin 57 (3):109–23.

Smith, Ralph Lee. (1997). American Dulcimer Traditions. American Folk Music and Folk Musicians, no. 2. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.

Sommers, Laurie Kay. (1996). Beaver Island House Party. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, Michigan State University Museum, and Beaver Island Historical Society. Includes CD.

Stebbins, Robert A. (1996). The Barbershop Singer: Inside the Social World of a Musical Hobby. Buffalo: University of Toronto Press.

Sweet, Stephen. (1996). "Bluegrass Music and Its Misguided Representation in Appalachia." Popular Music and Society 20 (3):37–51.

Tichi, Cecelia, ed. (1998). Reading Country Music: Steel Guitars, Opry Stars, and Honky-Tonk Bars. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Tribe, Ivan M. (1996). Mountaineer Jamboree: Country Music in West Virginia. Reprint. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.

Tunnell, Kenneth D. (1991). "'Blood marks the spot where poor Ellen was found': Violent Crime in Bluegrass Music." Popular Music and Society 15 (3):95–115.

Valle, Alf. (1995). "George Davis: Beyond the Singing Miner." Southern Folklore 52 (1):53–67.

Willis, Barry R. (1997). America's Music: Bluegrass. Franktown, CO: Pine Valley Music.

Wolfe, Charles K. (1996). In Close Harmony: The Story of the Louvin Brothers. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi

——. (1996). Kentucky Country: Folk and County Music of Kentucky. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.

——, ed. (1997). Folk Songs of Middle Tennessee: The George Boswell Collection. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.

——. (1997). The Devil's Box: Masters of Southern Fiddling. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.

Wright, John. (1993). Traveling the High Way Home: Ralph Stanley and the World of Traditional Bluegrass. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.

RECORDINGS

Sacred Harp Singing. Alabama Sacred Harp Convention. 1997. Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture series. Rounder CD 1503.

Anglo-American Ballads, vol. 1. 1999. Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture series. Rounder CD 1511.

Anglo-American Ballads, vol. 2. 1999. Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture series. Rounder CD 1516.

Anthology of American Folk Music, 6 vols. 1997. Smithsonian Folkways/Sony Music Special Products SW CD 40090.

Brave Boys: New England Traditions in Folk Music. 1995 (1977). New World Records 80239–2.

Children of the Heav'nly King: Religious Expression in the Central Blue Ridge. 1998. Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture series. Rounder CD 1506.

Choose Your Partners: Contradance and Square Dance Music of New Hampshire. 1999. Smithsonian Folkways CD 40126.

Cowboy Songs, Ballads, and Cattle Calls from Texas. 1999. Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture series. Rounder CD 1512.

Crossroads: Southern Routes—Music of the American South. 1996. Smithsonian-Folkways SF CD 40080.

Doug and Jack Wallin: Family Songs and Stories from the North Carolina Mountains. 1995. Smithsonian-Folkways SF CD 40013.

Early Shaker Spirituals. 1996. Rounder CD 0078.

Folk Song America : A Twentieth-Century Revival, 6 vols. 1991. Smithsonian Collection of Recordings RD 046.

The Gospel Ship: Baptist Hymns and White Spirituals from the Southern Mountains. 1994. New World Records 80294–2.

The Hammons Family: The Traditions of a West Virginia Family and Their Friends. 1998. Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture series. Rounder CD 1504.

The Mississippi, River of Song: A Musical Journey down the Mississippi, 2 vols. 1998. Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40086.

Pioneering Women of Bluegrass. 1996. Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard. Smithsonian Folkways SF 40065.

Railroad Songs and Ballads. 1997. Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture series. Rounder CD 1508.

Roots of Country Music. 1988. Voices of the Americas. World Music Institute WMI-003. Audiocassette.

The Social Harp: Early American Shape-Note Songs. 1994. Rounder CD 0094.

Songs and Ballads of the Anthracite Miners. 1997. Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture series. Rounder CD 1502.

Sound like Home: Connecticut Traditional Musicians. 1998. Hartford, CT: Institute for Community Research and Connecticut Public Radio. Traditional music of Connecticut ethnic communities. Program notes by John Dankosky and Lynne Williamson.

Southern Journey, 13 vols. 1997. Rounder Records CD 1701–1713. The Alan Lomax collection. Recorded in the field by Alan Lomax. Voices from the American South: Blues, Ballads, Hymns, Reels, Shouts, Chanteys and Work Songs; Ballads and Breakdowns; Highway Mississippi: Delta Country Blues, Spirituals, Work Songs, and Dance Music; Brethren We Meet Again: Southern White Spirituals; Bad Man Ballads: Songs of Outlaws and Desperadoes; Sheep, Sheep, Don'tcha Know the Road?: Southern Music, Sacred and Sinful; Ozark Frontier; Velvet Voices; Harp of a Thousand Strings: All-Day Singing from the Sacred Harp; And Glory Shone Around: More All-Day Singing from the Sacred Harp; Honor the Lamb; Georgia Sea Islands Songs for Everyday Living; Georgia Sea Islands: Biblical Songs and Spirituals.

Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, 2 vols. 1997. Rounder 0376–0377.

White Spirituals from the Sacred Harp. 1994. New World Records 80205–2.

VIDEOS

American Patchwork: Songs and Stories about America. 1990. Alan Lomax. 5 vols. (60 min. each). Beverly Hills, CA: PBS Home Video. Vol. 1: Jazz Parades; vol.. 2: Cajun Country; vol. 3: The Land Where the Blues Began; vol. 4: Appalachian Journey; vol. 5: Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old.

Ballad of a Mountain Man: The Story of Bascom Lamar Lunsford. 1990. Donn Rogosin. The American Experience. 58 min. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video. North Carolina.

Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music. 1993. Steve Gebhardt. 90 min. New York: Original Cinema.

Bonsoir mes amis: Good Night My Friends. 1990. 46 min. Portland, ME: Films by Huey. Fiddlers Ben Guillemette and Lionel "Toots" Bouthot.

Chase the Devil: Religious Music of the Appalachian Mountains. 1990 [1982]. Jeremy Marre. 50 min. Newton, NJ: Yazoo Video.

Discovering American Folk Music. 1987. 21 min. North Hollywood, CA: Hollywood Select Video.

Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning, 1910–1983. 1988. Mimi Pickering. 39 min. Whitesburg, Ky.: Appalshop Films.

Dreams and Songs of the Noble Old: The Creativity of the Elderly. 1998. Alan Lomax. 60 min. Cambridge, MA : Vestapol, distributed by Rounder Records.

Earl Robinson: Ballad of an American. 1994. Bette Jean Bullert. 56 min. Alexandria, VA: PBS Video.

High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music. 1994. 95 min. Newton, NJ: Yazoo Video.

Legends of Old Time Music. 1995. 58 min. Cambridge, MA: Vestapol, distributed by Rounder Records.

The Mississippi, River of Song: The Grassroots of American Music. 1999. Elijah Wald. 240 min. (4 vols.) Bethesda, MD: Acord Media.

Musical Holdouts. 1990. John Cohen. 50 min. Berkeley: University of California, Extension Center for Media and Independent Learning. Music and lives of Americans who have maintained their ethnic and individual identities in their music.

New England Dances: Squares, Quadrilles, Step Dances. 1995. John M. Bishop. 29 min. Montpelier, VT: Multicultural Media (distributor).

New England Fiddles. 1995. John M. Bishop. 48 min. Montpelier, VT: Multicultural Media (distributor).

Shady Grove: Old Time Music from North Carolina, Kentucky and Virginia. 1997. 60 min. Cambridge: Vestapol/Rounder Records.

Songs for Ralph. 1996. Paul Petrissans. 42 min. New York: Filmmakers Library. A musical tribute to Ralph Rinzler.

That High Lonesome Sound. 1996. 70 min. Newton, NJ : Shanachie. Three films shot in the 1960s: The High Lonesome Sound; The End of an Old Song; Sara and Maybelle.

Times Ain't Like They Used to Be: Early Rural and Popular American Music, 1928–1935. 1992. Sherwin Dunner and Richard Nevins. 70 mins. Newton, NJ: Yazoo Video.

Two Generations of Labor Singers. 1989. 28 min. Chicago: Committee for Labor Access, 1989. Utah Phillips and Billy Bragg.

The Unbroken Circle: Vermont Music—Tradition and Change. 1995. 59 min. Montpelier, VT: Multicultural Media.