Post by fogcitygal on Apr 26, 2005 1:52:58 GMT -5
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The Boston Globe
A READING LIFE
In works on fiddling etc., the pickings are good
By James Sallis | April 24, 2005
''Discovering Bluegrass" is the subtitle of Stephanie P. Ledgin's recent ''Homegrown Music" (Praeger, $39.95), and her book is indeed a lively, readable introduction to this distinctly American form. Chapters cover in a basically conversational mode the crossbreeding of Appalachian and African-American strains that formed bluegrass, its history, bluegrass festivals, instruments, and major performers. The book includes a fine centerpiece of photos (Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Alison Krauss, and others) and concludes with ''Twenty-Five Recordings to Jump-Start Your Collection." If you've ever wondered what bluegrass was all about, here's a great place to begin.
The Boston Globe
A READING LIFE
In works on fiddling etc., the pickings are good
By James Sallis | April 24, 2005
''Discovering Bluegrass" is the subtitle of Stephanie P. Ledgin's recent ''Homegrown Music" (Praeger, $39.95), and her book is indeed a lively, readable introduction to this distinctly American form. Chapters cover in a basically conversational mode the crossbreeding of Appalachian and African-American strains that formed bluegrass, its history, bluegrass festivals, instruments, and major performers. The book includes a fine centerpiece of photos (Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Alison Krauss, and others) and concludes with ''Twenty-Five Recordings to Jump-Start Your Collection." If you've ever wondered what bluegrass was all about, here's a great place to begin.
