Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Essential reading for understanding the musical and cultural conditions from which [bluegrass] sprang." --
Bluegrass Unlimited"Fascinating . . . For anyone with a serious interest in the topic this is a book which can be very highly recommended." --
Old Time News"Required reading for anyone who takes their country music seriously." --
Country Music People "An excellent analysis of Rose Maddox, Patsy Montana, and Kitty Wells, among others, and their innovative ways of negotiating an industry that hemmed them in as cowgirls or honkytonk angels." --No Depression
"Recommended." --Choice
"An exciting glimpse into how the field has matured well beyond its early focus on lyrical analysis and biographical portraits of important or forgotten figures." --
PopMatters"Interesting points about country music, the culture it grew from, and the culture it influenced. " --
Shepherd Express "Highly recommend this book, especially for those interested in how women were foundational for the country artists of today, as well as the marketing of women in early country music." --Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
"The genre’s history combined with the sociology and demographics make for a serious but entertaining read, with the nostalgic echo of the melodies and lyrics embedded on every page." —
Bookreporter.com”Women’s struggle for inclusion is one of the biggest stories in country music today. Vander Wel’s rich history shows how female artists fought for a voice and made it central to country’s stories of gender, class, and migration in mid–twentieth-century America.”—Nadine Hubbs, author of
Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music”Vander Wel sheds important new light on the ways that women in country music have deployed their singing voices and theatrical skills to create female spaces and identities in country music.”—Travis D. Stimeling, author of
Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks: The Countercultural Sounds of Austin's Progressive Country Music Scene
