[R]eaders will discover many excellent articles and thought-provoking perspectives. This set is appropriate for public, community college, and undergraduate libraries, and would be useful for courses in American popular music. Recommended.

Choice

This superbly written and edited set is full of pleasant surprises. . . . [T]his title does a commendable job of presenting the story of the American condition, past and present, as told through the universal language of melody.

Library Journal, Starred Review

This set serves as a fine introduction to various influences, venues, forms, genres, and styles of music that affected American life, and the musicians with whom these forms are associated.

ARBA

This resource is intended for general, high school and undergraduate students and music students to discover various topics and genres associated with music in the USA. . . . This particular resource . . . is of use and interest in most public and undergraduate college libraries.

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