{"product_id":"9781629637921-if-it-sounds-good-it-is-good-seeking-subversion-transcendence-and-solace-in-americas-music","title":"Manning Richard - If It Sounds Good It Is Good Seeking Subversion Transcendence And Solace In America's Music - Hardcover","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: Music is fundamental to human existence a cultural universal among all humans for all times. It is embedded in our evolution encoded in our DN a which is to say essential to our survival. Academics in a variety of disciplines have considered this idea to devise explanations that Richard Manning a lifelong journalist finds hollow arcane incomplete ivory - towered and just plain wrong. He approaches the question from a wholly different angle using his own guitar and banjo as instruments of discovery. In the process he finds himself dancing in celebration of music rough and rowdy. American roots music is not a product of an elite leisure class as some academics contend but of explosive creativity among slaves hillbillies field hands drunks slackers and hucksters. Yet these people poor working people built the foundations of jazz gospel blues bluegrass rock n roll and country music an unparalleled burst of invention. This is the counterfactual to the academics story. This is what tells us music is essential but by pulling this thread Manning takes us down a long strange path following music to deeper understandings of racism slavery inequality meditation addiction the science of our brains and ultimately to an enticing glimpse of pure religion. Use this book to follow where his guitar leads. Ultimately it sings the American body electric.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: If It Sounds Good It Is Good Seeking Subversion Transcendence And Solace In America's Music\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Manning Richard\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Pm Press\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781629637921\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 320 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 10\/1\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Music","brand":"Manning Richard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49622060859697,"sku":"IN-G-9781629637921","price":21.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781629637921.jpg?v=1724717462","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781629637921-if-it-sounds-good-it-is-good-seeking-subversion-transcendence-and-solace-in-americas-music","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}