false 2093564 2 <div><div><div>"Where lies the boundary between meaning and sentiment? Between memory and nostalgia? America and Americana? What is and what was? Does it move?"</div><div>--Donovon Hohn, <i>A Romance of Rust</i></div><div> </div><div><div>Part travelogue, part cultural criticism, part music appreciation, <i>It Still Moves </i>does for today&#8217;s avant folk scene what Greil Marcus did for Dylan and <i>The Basement Tapes</i>. Amanda Petrusich outlines the sounds of the new, weird America&#8212;honoring the rich tradition of gospel, bluegrass, country, folk, and rock that feeds it, while simultaneously exploring the American character as personified in all of these genres historically. Through interviews, road stories, geographical and sociological interpretations, and detailed music criticism, Petrusich traces the rise of Americana music from its gospel origins through its new and compelling incarnations (as evidenced in bands and artists from Elvis to Iron and Wine, the Carter Family to Animal Collective, Johnny Cash to Will Oldham) and explores how the genre is adapting to the twenty-first century. Ultimately the book is an examination of all things American: guitars, cars, kids, motion, passion, enterprise, and change, in a fervent attempt to reconcile the American past with the American present, using only dusty records and highway maps as guides.</div></div></div></div> 2098924 19 8 2008 It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music total:59|5:11|4:24|3:14|2:8|1:2| 59 211 128 18 3 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 20:52:43 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 21:00:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 19:17:25 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 16:37:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 05 06:47:11 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 08:16:07 -0800 2009 It Still Moves was a surprisingly straightforward retelling of the history of American roots music, referred to throughout as Americana. Also a travelogue...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 25 20:55:20 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 20:59:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 19:43:44 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 07:50:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 09:27:45 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 10:13:49 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 18:08:10 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 18:09:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 15 13:37:36 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 13:41:02 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 11:43:10 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 11:44:11 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 12:39:35 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 11:28:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 10:37:31 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 10:38:39 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Feb 25 18:58:57 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 19:12:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Aug 19 18:44:26 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 18:45:36 -0700 2008
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