Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel DickensUniversity of Illinois Press, 2010 M10 1 - 144 páginas Hazel Dickens was an Appalachian singer and songwriter known for her superb musicianship, feminist country songs, union anthems, and blue-collar laments. Growing up in a West Virginia coal mining community, she drew on the mountain music and repertoire of her family and neighbors when establishing her own vibrant and powerful vocal style that is a trademark in old-time, bluegrass, and traditional country circles. Working Girl Blues presents forty original songs that Hazel Dickens wrote about coal mining, labor issues, personal relationships, and her life and family in Appalachia. Conveying sensitivity, determination, and feistiness, Dickens comments on each song, explaining how she came to write them and what they meant and continue to mean to her. Bill C. Malone's introduction traces Dickens's life, musical career, and development as a songwriter, In addition, Working Girl Blues features forty-one illustrations and a detailed discography of Dickens's commercial recordings. |
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... style are qualities that old—time music fans have recognized since the mid— 19 60s, when she joined withAlice Ger— rard to break new ground for women in the field of bluegrass, a domain that had been notorious for its dominance by "good ...
... style are qualities that old—time music fans have recognized since the mid— 19 60s, when she joined withAlice Ger— rard to break new ground for women in the field of bluegrass, a domain that had been notorious for its dominance by "good ...
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... style in the rough clubs and honky—tonks of Baltimore and, before that, in the music she heard at home and in the Primitive Baptist churches of West Virginia. Hazel Jane Dickens was born in Montcalm, Mercer County, WestVirginia, on June ...
... style in the rough clubs and honky—tonks of Baltimore and, before that, in the music she heard at home and in the Primitive Baptist churches of West Virginia. Hazel Jane Dickens was born in Montcalm, Mercer County, WestVirginia, on June ...
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... style. The theology of the Primitive Baptist church permeated her youth. Primitive Baptists stress the fellowship of the original New Testament church and practice a direct simplicity reflected in their unadorned church buildings and ...
... style. The theology of the Primitive Baptist church permeated her youth. Primitive Baptists stress the fellowship of the original New Testament church and practice a direct simplicity reflected in their unadorned church buildings and ...
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... style is modeled on that of Maybelle Carter, and she regularly includes songs from the Carter Family repertoire in her concerts. The radio also brought more modern country songs into the Dickens's household, and by the time Hazel left ...
... style is modeled on that of Maybelle Carter, and she regularly includes songs from the Carter Family repertoire in her concerts. The radio also brought more modern country songs into the Dickens's household, and by the time Hazel left ...
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... styles were as important to his childhood as toys were. He began to listen to commercial country music, particularly its older ... style.5 Mike's urban middle—class experience, however, had never really per— mitted 8 / Working Girl Blues.
... styles were as important to his childhood as toys were. He began to listen to commercial country music, particularly its older ... style.5 Mike's urban middle—class experience, however, had never really per— mitted 8 / Working Girl Blues.
Contenido
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Illustrations follow page 30 | 30 |
Songs and Memories by Hazel Dickens | 31 |
Illustrations follow page 86 | 86 |
A Hazel Dickens Discography | 87 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens Hazel Dickens,Bill C Malone Vista de fragmentos - 2008 |
Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens Hazel Dickens,Bill C Malone Vista de fragmentos - 2008 |
Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens Hazel Dickens,Bill C Malone Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |
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