All Entries in the "Music History" Category
What is Songster?
Photo from the blog, Record Fiend There’s not alot of information on the history of songster. Following is a link to my definition of Songster, a reference I make to myself, and definitions of songster by AllMusic.com and Wikipedia. AllMusic.com offers this definition: The songster tradition both pre-dated and co-existed with blues music, especially in [...]
History
Creating art–in whatever form–is like traveling in a time machine where the search for roots is endlessly juxtaposed with a pioneering of the future. Sometimes it seems art evolves. Other times it seems to arrive out of nowhere like an alien invasion. Many artists are born into a genre or style just by the immediate [...]
Brief History of Music Publishing in the United States
Stephen Foster – 1826-1864 The history of music publishing and recording in America is a history of American music, from religious songs to military marches, from Stephen Foster to Tin Pan Alley, from Broadway to New Age. Success for a publisher and/or record label is primarily based on the number of popular songs and instrumental [...]
