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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798935603321

Autore

Hill Jeremy <1975->

Titolo

Country comes to town : the music industry and the transformation of Nashville / / Jeremy Hill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amherst : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-61376-371-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations

Collana

American popular music

Disciplina

781.64209768/55

Soggetti

Country music - History and criticism

Music trade - Tennessee - Nashville

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Nothing but realism" : early hillbilly music's blend of rural and urban -- "Country comes to town" : a new urban identity for country music in the 1960s -- "You sound like us but you look like them" : the racial politics of country music in the city of Nashville -- "Country music is wherever the soul of a country music fan is" : Opryland U.S.A. and the importance of "home" in country music -- "They're not as backward as they used to be" : country music's commercial success in the 1990s and the transformation of downtown Nashville.