Alan B Govenar: 3 books
Everyday Music
Exploring Sounds and Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Native American drumming and chant; Czech and German polka; country fiddling; African American spirituals, blues and jazz; cowboy songs; Mexican corridos; zydeco; and the sounds of a Cambodian New Year’s celebration — all are part of the amazing cultural patchwork of traditional music in Texas....
The Blues Come to Texas
Paul Oliver and Mack McCormick's Unfinished Book
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
From October 1959 until the mid-1970s, Paul Oliver and Mack McCormick collaborated on what they hoped to be a definitive history and analysis of the blues in Texas. Both were prominent scholars and researchers—Oliver had already established an impressive record of publications, and McCormick was...
Deep Ellum
The Other Side of Dallas
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Deep Ellum, on the eastern edge of downtown Dallas, retains its character as an alternative to the city’s staid image with loft apartments, art galleries, nightclubs, and tattoo shops. It first sprang up as a ramshackle business district with saloons and variety theatres and evolved, during the...