Kip Lornell
Kip Lornell teaches at George Washington University. He is author of Exploring American Folk Music: Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions in the United States; coauthor of The Beat! Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C.; and coeditor of The Music of Multicultural America: Performance, Identity, and Community in the United States and Shreveport Sounds in Black and White, all published by University Press of Mississippi.
The Beat
Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C.
A history of the distinctive, US Capital sound that fuses hip-hop, funk, and soul
Shreveport Sounds in Black and White
How players and promoters from one Louisiana locale created unforgettable music
The Music of Multicultural America
Performance, Identity, and Community in the United States
The classic text on American musical expression, updated with four new chapters
Exploring American Folk Music
Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions in the United States
The perfect introduction to the many strains of American-made music
The Melody Man
Joe Davis and the New York Music Scene, 1916-1978
The story of a New York record man whose extraordinary career spanned jazz, blues, rhythm & blues, rock, country, ethnic, and pop music