A Few Honest Words: The Kentucky Roots of Popular Music

Featuring intimate interviews with household names Naomi Judd, Joan Osborne, and Dwight Yoakam , emerging artists, and local musicians, author Jason Howard's rich and detailed profiles reveal the importance of the state and the Appalachian region to the creation and performance of music in America. Project MUSE promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide.

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A Few Honest Words: The Kentucky Roots of Popular Music. Foreword by Rodney Crowell Book Published by: A Few Honest Words explores how Kentucky's landscape, culture, and traditions have influenced notable contemporary musicians. Featuring intimate interviews with household names Naomi Judd, Joan Osborne, and Dwight Yoakam , emerging artists, and local musicians, author Jason Howard's rich and detailed profiles reveal the importance of the state and the Appalachian region to the creation and performance of music in America.

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This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Nov 17, Elizabeth rated it it was amazing. I am a huge fan on roots and Americana music. I am from Kentucky, but this is a book that people from outside the state who enjoy music will like also. I felt like I was in the room with Jason Howard and each musician, but something about the Dwight Yoakum chapter resonated in me. The way that Howard takes the reader right into the houses, coffee shops, offices and such with the musicians is wonderful. I felt like I had met the musicians and not just that I had read about them.

Howard also clearly knows and loves music and that is obvious throughout the book. I generally read fiction, but this book pulled me right through, and I enjoyed every page.

A Few Honest Words: The Kentucky Roots of Popular Music

Nov 05, Derek rated it really liked it Shelves: The Kentucky Roots of Popular Music is a full-hearted and honest tribute to the music of the land where Howard grew up. Jul 05, howdy rated it it was amazing Shelves: Jul 29, sylvia woods rated it it was amazing. In a voice that resonates as a music lover, the author introduces the musicians who hail from Kentucky. Even if you don't love music, you will love the way the author takes you into the homes and lives of the musicians.

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A Few Honest Words: The Kentucky Roots of Popular Music

Reviewing this for an academic journal. Mar 29, Suzanna Minor rated it really liked it. Howard offers a fresh look at Kentucky music. Beth rated it it was amazing Nov 26, Donna rated it really liked it Dec 14, Christine rated it really liked it Mar 11, Heather rated it it was amazing Jan 03, Page rated it really liked it Jul 16, This I Believe rated it it was amazing Jun 05, It goes beyond the hallowed mandolin of Bill Monroe and banjo of the Osborne Brothers to encompass the genres of blues, jazz, rock, gospel, and hip-hop.

Jason Howard is coauthor of Something's Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal. An important contribution to the wider conversation about what qualifies as contemporary American roots music and what it means for music to communicate a sense of place in our profoundly uprooted time.

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Americana Women and Their Songs. A thoughtful and important book.

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It's tremendously satisfying that specific areas of the South are receiving their due attention. Kentucky has given so much to the landscape of American music. By shining a light on an inclusive array of homegrown performing artists--some well known, some destined to be, all of whom are following in the footsteps of Bill Monroe, Lionel Hampton, the Everly Brothers and Loretta Lynn--Jason Howard has crafted a loving and thoughtful homage to his beloved state of Kentucky, giving us pitch perfect journalistic prose from the heart of the country.

Jason Howard has gathered up all those sweet Kentucky sounds and brought them home to a reunion.