Black Country Music av Francesca T. Royster

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<P><B>2023 Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame<BR/> 2023 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, Association for Recorded Sound Collections?<BR/> 2023 The Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award, American Musicological Society</B><BR/><BR/><B>How Black musicians have changed the country music landscape and brought light to Black creativity and innovation.</B><BR/><BR/> After a century of racist whitewashing, country music is finally reckoning with its relationship to Black people. In this timely work—the first book on Black country music by a Black writer—Francesca Royster uncovers the Black performers and fans, including herself, who are exploring the pleasures and possibilities of the genre. </P><P> Informed by queer theory and Black feminist scholarship, Royster’s book elucidates the roots of the current moment found in records like Tina Turner’s first solo album, <I>Tina Turns the Country On!</I> She