This is an encyclopedia so well written you can read entries aloud to a friend or to an audience. Additionally, you can read from page one and find yourself in a drama that demonstrates overwhelmingly that the South is the heart and soul of American music. This is a must for anyone the least bit interested in the South, music, both, or either. This book has given me hours of pleasure—reading about jazz, rock, folk, blues, and spiritual music. Bill C. Malone, Charles Reagan Wilson, and all the folks at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and UNC Press deserve great credit for all the work they are doing in letting us southerners know what we're about—and our contributions to the world, contributions that should make us very proud.—Clyde Edgerton



If you want to learn more about southern music, get you a copy of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 12: Music, edited by Bill C. Malone.—Loyal Jones, author of Country Music Humorists and Comedians



The updated version of a useful reference work, this volume is a must for all libraries with an interest in southern music and southern culture.—Jeff Todd Titon, Brown University, author of Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes