I have just the book. It's called African American Music: An Introduction. It's edited by Portia Maultsby and Mellonee Burnim, they are both professors of mine. It's a huge book with each chapter focusing on a particular genre. There is a chapter titled Techno, it's a great history. And there is a chapter titled Disco and House.
Since it is an edited volume, there is not a whole lot of space focused on the connections between the many different genres written about in the book, but in the techno chapter, the author, Beverly May, does a great job making connections within her limited space. Hope this helps, Denise -- Denise MM Dalphond Graduate Assistant Archives of African American Music & Culture Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology Indiana University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > > I'd love to see more history books on black music actually include techno. > I'm looking at this book on Amazon called "Souled American: How Black Music > Transformed White Culture" > > here's the review: > From the first white performer who painted his face black to Eminem, white > America's obsession with black music spans centuries. In "Souled American", > author Kevin Phinney takes a thoughtful and thought-provoking look at how > genres such as rock 'n' roll, jazz, blues, soul, country, and hip-hop > emerged through changing social and political times and the dynamic black > and white personalities that shaped them. It includes dozens of exclusive > celebrity interviews and anecdotes from such music luminaries as: Ray > Charles, Willie Nelson, Donna Summer, Little Richard, B.B. King, Jerry > Wexler, Sly Stone, Steve Cropper, George Clinton, Joe Cocker, Buddy Guy, > Ken Burns, Donny Osmond, Eric Burdon, David Byrne, Kid Rock, Bonnie Raitt, > Beck, The Supremes, The Temptations, and The Jackson 5. Equal parts social > history and pop culture, the book argues that no form of American music can > be described accurately as "ethnically pure," and fleshes out the > tug-of-war between blacks and whites as they create, recreate, and claim > each phase of popular music. > > Great, completely ignores disco, house, techno, etc. > Really tired of seeing it all ignored time and again. It's great that > books like Techno Rebels, A DJ Saved My Life, Love Saved the Day, etc. are > around. > Still, I'd love to see someone write a book that goes into the > social/cultural/political aspects of the music like "Souled American" does. > I think house & techno's connections to soul, jazz, blues, hip-hop, etc. > and it's roots in America - how it was welcomed in Europe and then resold > back to the US, the struggle that it has had with black audiences (as > opposed to hip-hop) yet the innovations made in techno have been adopted by > other "genres", etc. all this would easily fill a nice big book and make > for a compelling read. > > MEK > > > > "Nathan" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > .au> To > "313 list" <313@hyperreal.org> > 01/06/06 08:08 AM cc > > Subject > Re: (313) book > > > > > > > > > > > >> A few people have been raving about "Love Saved The Day" (right title?). > > >> I haven't read it, but it's supposed to be ace - more on a disco tip > >> though. > > > > Excellent book that's focussed on disco, his new one is out soon and that > > > is supposedly more on the house vibe. Can't wait. > > yeah, i've got it, haven't actually read it yet, but must do soon. i think > it says in the front of the book that the idea was to cover early disco, up > > to current times, but had so many interviews that decided do two books. > actually, here's a quote: > > "Love Saves The Day was originally going to run from 1970-2000, but ended > up > surging past any kind of reasonable word limit by 1980." > > peeps that he's interviewed for the next book include armando, juan atkins, > > joe clausell, chip e, kenny 'dope" gonzalez, larry heard, steve "silk" > hurley, marshall jefferson, ian levine, lil' louis, kevin saunderson, larry > > sherman, spanky, ron trent. many others, so should be good. > > as Robin says - Can't wait! > > out > > nath > > > >
