02947cam a2200373 4500 1659035941 TxAuBib 20241017120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781668018422 166801842X B0CL5FPYFV Amazon 56b32164-7c4f-4301-a036-41bb80de3811 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10216974 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Randall, Alice. My Black Country [OverDrive] : A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future. Atria/Black Privilege Publishing, 2024. country. Memoirs. Western music. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 4860kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Music. Nonfiction. Entertainment. HTML:<b>Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author presents "a celebration of all things country music" (Ken Burns) as she reflects on her search for the first family of Black country music.</b><br /> Country music had brought Alice Randall and her activist mother together and even gave Randall a singular distinction in American music history: she is the first Black woman to cowrite a number one country hit, Trisha Yearwood's "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)". Randall found inspiration and comfort in the sounds and history of the first family of Black country music: DeFord Bailey, Lil Hardin, Ray Charles, Charley Pride, and Herb Jeffries who, together, made up a community of Black Americans rising through hard times to create simple beauty, true joy, and sometimes profound eccentricity.<br /> <br /> What emerges in <i>My Black Country</i> is "a delightful, inspirational story of persistence, resistance, and sheer love" (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review) of this most American of music genres and the radical joy in realizing the power of Black influence on American culture. As country music goes through a fresh renaissance today, with a new wave of Black artists enjoying success, <i>My Black Country</i> is the perfect gift for longtime country fans and a vibrant introduction to a new generation of listeners who previously were not invited to give the genre a chance. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-10-16 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=56b32164-7c4f-4301-a036-41bb80de3811&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=56b32164-7c4f-4301-a036-41bb80de3811&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=56b32164-7c4f-4301-a036-41bb80de3811&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)