{"product_id":"american-melodies-robert-mcparland-9781666973792","title":"American Melodies: Popular Music, Ecology, and the Quest for Community","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert McParland explores American music as a bridge between art, audiences, and the environment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Melodies\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of America's varied music genres that is grounded in interviews with folk, rock, and jazz musicians, music listeners, songwriters, and organizers of music programs in local communities. The author explores artists' ecological, social, and technological concerns and the ways that music as an art form can reflect upon and actively reshape lived realities. Through interviews and conversations, he examines how the spirit of jazz, folk music and Americana, country, and rock music brings to life relationships between people, connection with their communities, and expression of social and ecological concern.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert McParland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1666973793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666973792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11h x 1.11w x 1.11d","brand":"Robert McParland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48217804243199,"sku":"9781666973792","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_caabb5fb-6fcf-4bc9-a0d0-869a617cc933.jpg?v=1771999559","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-melodies-robert-mcparland-9781666973792","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}