Oh, Didn't They Ramble: Rounder Records and the Transformation of American Roots Music
Oh, Didn't They Ramble: Rounder Records and the Transformation of American Roots Music What is American roots music? It must encompass the work of artists as diverse as Alice Gerard and Alison Kraus,…
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Oh, Didn't They Ramble: Rounder Records and the Transformation of American Roots Music
What is American roots music? It must encompass the work of artists as diverse as Alice Gerard and Alison Kraus, George Thorogood and Sun Ra, Bela Fleck and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, the Blake Babies and Billy Strings. Any definition must account for a kaleidoscope of genres from bluegrass to blues, western swing to jazz, soul and gospel to rock and reggae, Cajun to Celtic.
The answer is a record label born in the wake of the American folk revival and 1960s movement politics, formed around the eclectic tastes and audacious ideals of three recent college grads who lived, listened, and worked together. What do all these artists and music styles have in common? The answer is Rounder Records.For more than fifty years, Rounder has been the world's leading label for folk music of all kinds.
David Menconi's book is the label's definitive history, drawing on previously untapped