Download or read book Sounds and the City Cities of origin Heart of the country the construction of Nashville as the capital of country music written by Brett Lashua and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As both distinctive local terrain and global crossroads, cities remain fascinating spaces of cultural contestation and meaning-making via the composing, playing, recording and consumption of popular music. From Gillett's 'The Sound of the City' (1970) to Krims' 'Music and Urban Geography' (2007), attention to popular music has allowed various soundings of the often unfathomable aspects of urban life. This book takes as its focus the social relations produced amidst and through popular music and cities. Such a focus allows a test of theories of globalization, hybridity, consumerism, networks and transnational flows of people, cultures and musical products. Covering themes as diverse as Russian punk and African hip hop, this global collection offers a timely contribution to the advancement of popular music studies"--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book Sounds and the City written by B. Lashua and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the ways in which Western-derived music connects with globalization, hybridity, consumerism and the flow of cultures. Both as local terrain and as global crossroads, cities remain fascinating spaces of cultural contestation and meaning-making via the composing, playing, recording and consumption of popular music.
Download or read book The Nashville Sound written by Paul Hemphill and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While on a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, journalist and novelist Paul Hemphill wrote of that pivotal moment in the late sixties when traditional defenders of the hillbilly roots of country music were confronted by the new influences and business realities of pop music. The demimonde of the traditional Nashville venues (Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, Robert’s Western World, and the Ryman Auditorium) and first-wave artists (Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, and Lefty Frizzell) are shown coming into first contact, if not conflict, with a new wave of pop-influenced and business savvy country performers (Jeannie C. “Harper Valley PTA” Riley, Johnny Ryles, and Glen Campbell) and rock performers (Bob Dylan, Gram Parsons, the Byrds, and the Grateful Dead) as they took the form well beyond Music City. Originally published in 1970, The Nashville Sound shows the resulting identity crisis as a fascinating, even poignant, moment in country music and entertainment history.
Download or read book The Nashville Sound written by Joli Jensen and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean when we call a music genre like country "authentic" or "pure", or, in contrast, "commercial"? By examining the dramatic changes that occurred in country music in the 1950s and '60s, Joli Jensen explores why the concept of authenticity in country music is so crucial to so many of its fans. Anyone interested in the ways that popular culture has been shaped in response to changing times will find Jensen's incisive interpretations instructive. 20 illustrations.
Download or read book Performing Nashville written by Robert W. Fry and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How Nashville Became Music City U S A written by Michael Kosser and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a Southern town become one of the most important music centers in America? This fascinating book explains it all and includes a full-length CD with 12 recordings of some of Nashville's most famous artists from the early days of Music City.
Download or read book Thrilling Country Music written by Rosario Orzalli and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-06-12 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nashville is known by many as Music City, but many residents and visitors don't know why. Of course, the music scene is booming within the city and that is part of the reason. This book drops a news story bomb that shatters the youthful innocence of one of its most adored divas! The blast of emotion ripples through Nashville's Country Music capital, and it rocks the very foundation of the "Pure Country" for which it is known! Other country artists, the producers, and fans alike are in total "shock & awe" as the revelations continue to unfold daily. As the intrigue and scandal balloons exponentially, right in the thick of it all is our two favorite gossip columnists, Nick & Alison. They dig relentlessly until every juicy morsel is revealed and brought to light in this book
Download or read book Waking Up in Nashville written by Stephen Foehr and published by Bobcat Books. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Country music might have started its life in the untamed Appalachians, but it was Nashville that took the raw sound and dirt-farm imagery and turned it into the glossy, glitzy, glamorous pageant it is today. Now the city has become synonymous with showmanship and spectacle and is truly the heart, soul and home of country music. In Waking Up In Nashville, seasoned traveller Stephen Foehr explores the city that spawned such musical giants as Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks, plunging hip-deep into its musical culture and sampling its unique heritage. Featuring colourful interviews with everyday people in the business as well as the stars, Waking Up In Nashville is the ideal travel guide for tourists and music fans alike.
Download or read book Country Roads How Country Came to Nashville written by Brian Hinton and published by Bobcat Books. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hinton's latest book takes readers on an enthralling journey to explain the diverse music that has come to be known as country, starting with Celtic myth and mystery, traveling to the Appalachian mountains, and taking a few unexpected turns along the way with such disparate personalities as Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, and Elvis Presley.
Download or read book The Nashville Sound written by Paul Hemphill and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1975-05-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nashville s Lower Broad written by Bill Rouda and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2004-04-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Beale Street in Memphis and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Lower Broadway was the heart of the country music scene in Nashville, the place where locals could rub elbows with stars and impromptu jam sessions could last late into the night. But after the Grand Ole Opry moved out of the Ryman Auditorium in the 1970s, Lower Broad deteriorated into a down-and-out skid row. When the Ryman’s reopening and urban gentrification started bringing people—especially tourists—back to Lower Broad in the 1990s, locals fought to retain some of its old-time authenticity. Bill Rouda’s evocative photographs capture the return of the spirit of real country music in honky-tonks like Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge and Robert’s Western World. Here bands like the hip, retro BR549 played for tips while fans danced the night away, ignoring the shadows of the newly constructed convention center and the glare of Planet Hollywood. Rouda’s photographs also capture legends like Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson and attest to the true heart and soul of country music.
Download or read book Nashville Music Before Country written by Tim Sharp and published by Arcadia Publishing Library Editions. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nashville is a name synonymous with music. Years before the first radio broadcast of country music from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, music and publishing were central to Nashville's self-identity. Thousands of songs flooded into the Cumberland and Tennessee River valleys from Southern Appalachia, sung by folk performers. These songs became the foundation for the folk-hymn traditions that grew throughout Tennessee. Into this stream flowed a body of African American spirituals, gospel, and minstrel songs. The arrival of trained German musicians brought classical styles to this gathering stream of musical confluences. These musicians found a home in the academies and businesses of Nashville. Nashville Music before Country is the story of how music merged with education, publication, entertainment, and distribution to set the stage for a unique musical metropolis. The images for Nashville Music before Country come from private collections as well as public libraries and archives.
Download or read book Super Cities Nashville written by Mark Shulman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes the coolest places are right outside your front door. Learning about Nashville's interesting and unique culture has never been so super fun! Did you know Nashville is nicknamed Music City? Or that the famous musician Bob Dylan recorded an album here? Have you ever wanted to visit the Parthenon without traveling to Greece? From the Belle Mead Mansion to the Tomato Art Fest, Super Cities!: Nashville covers it all and is sure to engage any reader with fun facts about the history, culture, and people who make this place great. Attend a show at the Grand Ole Opry and catch a Nashville Predators game, all right here. Take a peek inside to learn more about the impressive, unusual, super history of the Music City!
Download or read book Now You Know Nashville 2nd Edition written by Mason Douglas and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nashville, TN is the "It" city for travelers today and this is the ultimate guide for all things Nashville! Celebrity houses, historical icons, studios, filming locations, and foodie spots are just a few of the topics laid out in this pop culture guide to Music City. A must-have for any Nashville traveler! Now in it's 2nd edition...
Download or read book Now You Know Nashville written by Mason Douglas and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now You Know Nashville takes you on a tour of the iconic structures of the city such as the famous Ryman auditorium, the WSM "diamond" tower, and the Batman building, RCA Studio B, the Hermitage Hotel, to name a very few, along with their Pop Culture significance! Features all the houses and locations from ABC's hit TV show, Nashville! See Rayna & Teddy's mansion; the houses of Scarlett, Gunnar, and Deacon; the local production studios; and all the local hotspots featured in the show! Includes a guide to the world-famous studios of Nashville, where hundreds of your favorite songs were recorded. The specific houses and locations where dozens of your Favorite Hit songs were written, along with the "stories behind the songs" including "Chattahoochie," "The Dance," "I will always love you," "Somewhere With You," "I Love The Way You Love Me," "Crazy," "Only The Wind' and many, many more! Exact filming locations from the ABC hit show, Nashville, as well as the Matrix, Hannah Montana, Walk The Line, the Ernest movies and many others. dozen of celebrity homes like Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, Jason Aldean, Carrie Underwood, Alan Jackson, Al Gore, Reese Witherspoon, Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks, and Sheryl Crow. The seedy details of Nashville's dark side with sites of infamy such as the worst train wreck in the United States history, the secrets of Printers Alley, the sites of infamous murders, and even the peephole that launched Erin Andrews career. Famous graves of dozens of celebrities and their locations. Famous food and restaurant locations that give Nashville it's own unique flavor and culinary history! The history of Nashville from the cave where Timothy Demonbreun hid from Indians-- to monumental Civil War locations-- to sites instrumental to the founding and development of Music Row-- and even the first location that Jimi Hendrix used the "Jimi"!-- plus hundreds more!-- Taken from Amazon.com August 7, 2014.
Download or read book Country Comes to Town written by Jeremy Hill and published by American Popular Music. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Country music evokes a simple, agrarian past, with images of open land and pickup trucks. While some might think of the genre as a repository of nostalgia, popular because it preserves and reveres traditional values, Jeremy Hill argues that country music has found such expansive success because its songs and its people have forcefully addressed social and cultural issues as well as geographic change. Hill demonstrates how the genre and its fans developed a flexible idea of "country," beyond their rural roots, and how this flexibility allowed fans and music to "come to town," to move into and within urban spaces, while retaining a country "character." To understand how the genre has become the far-reaching commercial phenomenon that it is today, Hill explores how various players within the country music fold have grappled with the notion of place. He shows both how the industry has transformed the city of Nashville and how country music -- through song lyrics, imagery associated with the music, and branding -- has reshaped ideas about the American landscape and character. As the genre underwent significant change in the last decades of the twentieth century, those who sought to explain its new styles and new locations relied on a traditional theme: "You can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy." Hill demonstrates how this idea -- that you can still be "country" while no longer living in a rural place -- has been used to expand country's commercial appeal and establish a permanent home in the urban space of Nashville.
Download or read book The Storyteller s Nashville written by Tom T. Hall and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1979 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoirs of country music composer Tom T. Hall, recounting his personal life and his career in Nashville, the capital of country music.
