Robert Mcparland

American Melodies

Popular Music, Ecology, and the Quest for Community. Sprache: Englisch.
gebunden , 248 Seiten
ISBN 1666973793
EAN 9781666973792
Veröffentlicht 5. Februar 2026
Verlag/Hersteller Bloomsbury Academic
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Beschreibung

American Melodies is a study of America's varied music genres that is grounded in interviews with folk, rock, and jazz musicians, music listeners, songwriters, and organizers of music programs in communities.
The author explores the dreams and concerns that are being voiced in songs. Through interviews and conversations, he examines how the spirit of jazz, folk music and Americana, country, and rock music bring to life reflection on relationships between people, connection with their communities, and expression of social and ecological concern.

Portrait

Robert McParland is Professor of English and the Humanities at Felician University, USA. He is a singer-songwriter who holds degrees in arts administration, literary studies, and cultural history. His books include Beyond Gatsby: How Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Other Writers of the 1920s Shaped American Literature (2015), Citizen Steinbeck (2016), and Rock Music Imagination (2019), all published by Bloomsbury.

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