Charles K. Wolfe, professor of English and folklore at Middle Tennessee State University, is the author of numerous books on music. James E. Akenson, professor of curriculum and instruction at Tennessee Technological University, is the founder of the International Country Music Conference. Together they have edited three volumes of the Country Music Annual.
"A continually interesting series of articles about some of the
best known performers as well as a few whose names were new to me."
-- Marietta (OH) Times
"A welcome addition to the modest resources available on women in
country music." -- Gulfstream
"A welcome resource in a field with too few." -- Western
Folklore
"Casting a net over country music's better-known female performers
and most interestingly over obscure pioneers, this collection...
marks an important advance in the academic study of American
popular music." -- Tidal Wave Magazine
"Contains more than a dozen articles about famous, forgotten, or
often ignored women who have shaped the country music industry." --
Cookeville (TN) Herald-Citizen
"From the electric Roni Stoneman to the plucky Polly Jenkins, the
womenpresented here pioneered trails for women in country music and
receivedlittle attention as thanks -- until now. The Women of
Country Music turnsover new earth." -- Michael Streissguth, author
of Ring of Fire: The Johnny Cash Reader.
"Gathers a wide range of current scholarship in country music
studies, reflecting disciplinary backgrounds from history,
literature, musicology, and education alongside the scholarship of
aficionados." -- Indiana Magazine of History
"In this serious but thoroughly readable anthology of the most
outstanding writing and analysis of the careers and contributions
of female country musicians, editors Wolfe and Akenson examine some
world class and unforgettable performers, of any gender, in any
musical genre." -- Pegram (TN) Advocate
"In this well-timed collection of essays, Wolfe and Akenson have
compiled a solid representation of contemporary scholarship that
focuses on the significant role female musicians have played in the
development of country music." -- Agricultural History
"Its contributors demonstrate that, although women have long been
perceived to be on the periphery of country music, they have in
fact been integral to its production from the earliest days of its
commodification." -- American Music
"Needs to be placed for easy reference in the library of every
country music scholar." -- Lexington Herald-Leader
"Pays dues to these savvy new players, as well as to the performers
who blazed a path for their success." -- McCormick (SC)
Messenger
"Such a well-done and solid (yet fabulously readable) group of
essays on an often-overlooked set of strong cookies that it
deserves a lot more notice than it has received." -- Rockland (ME)
Courier Gazette
"These well-researched 200-plus pages chronicle the pioneering
women of country, whose immeasurable contributions and artistry
have been allowed to gather dust for far too long." -- Country
Weekly
"This book is highly recommended for academic libraries and will
make a fine contribution to both gender studies collections and
collections with a focus on American vernacular music." -- Library
Journal
"What separates this book from most musical journalism is that its
biographies cover great characters about whom few of us are aware,
and its histories are almost universally unknown to us." --
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