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Rise up! : Indigenous music in North America / Craig Harris ; foreword by Stephen Butler.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: xv, 328 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781496236159
  • 1496236157
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Contents:
Foreword / by Stephen Butler Preface 1. Fingerprints 2. Anthropologists 3. Assimilation 4. Stereotypical 5. Defiance 6. Beating of the Heart 7. Sound of the Wind 8. Ancestral Voices 9. Sing It Loud 10. Rockin' the Rez 11. Rocksteady 12. Tongue Twisters 13. Connections Coda List of interviews.
Summary: "Musician and music historian Craig Harris tells the compelling stories of contemporary Indigenous musicians of North America in their own words"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "Music historian Craig Harris explores more than five hundred years of Indigenous history, religion, and cultural evolution in Rise Up! Indigenous Music in North America. More than powwow drums and wooden flutes, Indigenous music intersects with rock, blues, jazz, folk music, reggae, hip-hop, classical music, and more. Combining deep research with personal stories by nearly four dozen award-winning Indigenous musicians, Harris offers an eye-opening look at the growth of Indigenous music. Among a host of North America's most vital Indigenous musicians, the biographical narratives include new and well-established figures such as Mildred Bailey, Louis W. Ballard, Cody Blackbird, Donna Coane (Spirit of Thunderheart), Theresa "Bear" Fox, Robbie Robertson, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joanne Shenandoah, DJ Shub (Dan General), Maria Tallchief, John Trudell, and Fawn Wood"-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: The Day the Music Died
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Music historian Craig Harris explores more than five hundred years of Indigenous history, religion, and cultural evolution in Rise Up! Indigenous Music in North America . More than powwow drums and wooden flutes, Indigenous music intersects with rock, blues, jazz, folk music, reggae, hip-hop, classical music, and more. Combining deep research with personal stories by nearly four dozen award-winning Indigenous musicians, Harris offers an eye-opening look at the growth of Indigenous music.



Among a host of North America's most vital Indigenous musicians, the biographical narratives include new and well-established figures such as Mildred Bailey, Louis W. Ballard, Cody Blackbird, Donna Coane (Spirit of Thunderheart), Theresa "Bear" Fox, Robbie Robertson, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joanne Shenandoah, DJ Shub (Dan General), Maria Tallchief, John Trudell, and Fawn Wood.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Stephen Butler Preface 1. Fingerprints 2. Anthropologists 3. Assimilation 4. Stereotypical 5. Defiance 6. Beating of the Heart 7. Sound of the Wind 8. Ancestral Voices 9. Sing It Loud 10. Rockin' the Rez 11. Rocksteady 12. Tongue Twisters 13. Connections Coda List of interviews.

"Musician and music historian Craig Harris tells the compelling stories of contemporary Indigenous musicians of North America in their own words"-- Provided by publisher.

"Music historian Craig Harris explores more than five hundred years of Indigenous history, religion, and cultural evolution in Rise Up! Indigenous Music in North America. More than powwow drums and wooden flutes, Indigenous music intersects with rock, blues, jazz, folk music, reggae, hip-hop, classical music, and more. Combining deep research with personal stories by nearly four dozen award-winning Indigenous musicians, Harris offers an eye-opening look at the growth of Indigenous music. Among a host of North America's most vital Indigenous musicians, the biographical narratives include new and well-established figures such as Mildred Bailey, Louis W. Ballard, Cody Blackbird, Donna Coane (Spirit of Thunderheart), Theresa "Bear" Fox, Robbie Robertson, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joanne Shenandoah, DJ Shub (Dan General), Maria Tallchief, John Trudell, and Fawn Wood"-- Provided by publisher.

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