Czech Bluegrass : Notes from the Heart of Europe
Bidgood, Lee; Trischka, Tony (FRW)
ISBN 10: 0252083008 ISBN 13: 9780252083006
Published by University of Illinois Press, 2017
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Bluegrass has found an unlikely home, and avid following, in the Czech Republic. The music’s emergence in Central Europe places it within an increasingly global network of communities built around bluegrass activities.
Lee Bidgood offers a fascinating study of the Czech bluegrass phenomenon that merges intimate immersion in the music with on-the-ground fieldwork informed by his life as a working musician. Drawing on his own close personal and professional interactions, Bidgood charts how Czech bluegrass put down roots and looks at its performance as a uniquely Czech musical practice. He also reflects on “Americanist” musical projects and the ways Czech musicians use them to construct personal and social identities. Bidgood sees these acts of construction as a response to the Czech Republic’s postsocialist environment but also to US cultural prominence within our global mediascape.
About the Author:
Lee Bidgood is an associate professor of bluegrass, old-time, and country music studies in the Department of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University.
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Title: Czech Bluegrass : Notes from the Heart of ...
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New