2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American singer-songwriter who was a founding figure of rockabilly and country music at Sun Records — and whose late-career American Recordings series with Rick Rubin (1994–2006) produced the most critically celebrated work of his life, making him a cross-generational icon.
American singer-songwriter from Lawrence County, Kentucky who writes Appalachian country music — known for Purgatory, Country Squire, Long Violent History, and Can I Take My Hound to Heaven — considered the most authentic voice of working-class Appalachian life in contemporary country music.