Finding Her Voice

By Mary A. Bufwack, Robert K. Oermann,

Book cover of Finding Her Voice: Women in Country Music, 1800-2000

Book description

From country's earliest pioneers to its greatest legends, this work documents the lives of the female artists who have shaped the music for over 200 years. Through interviews, photographs, and primary texts, this work weaves a complex tapestry of personalities and talent. It gets to the heart of the special…

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1 author picked Finding Her Voice as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book is a classic. Along with the Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country recordings and Bill Malone’s Country Music, U.S.A., my own interest in writing about country music began here. 

When a senior scholar advised that country music lacked “respectability” as an academic topic, this book was among the small set of works that sealed my confidence to do what I wanted and figure it would all work itself out (Dolly does what she wants, too!).

In compiling biographical profiles of women in country music, this book also filled in a whole portion of history typically glossed over in most…

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