Winston-Salem Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for North Carolina String Music Masters

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - March 8, 2016 - PRLog -- Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for

North Carolina String Music Masters

Local author, Elizabeth A. Carlson, will be available to sign copies of book

North Carolina String Music Masters: Old-Time and Bluegrass Legends is an addition to The History Press’ North Carolina history catalog. The author, Elizabeth A. Carlson, takes readers through The Tar Heel State’s Bluegrass musical history. The book includes a foreword written by Paul Brown, host of “Across the Blue Ridge” on WFDD radio and NPR affiliate.

The roots of American music are deeply grounded in North Carolina’s music history. North Carolina musicians pioneered and mastered the genres of old-time and bluegrass music. Doc Watson played mountain fiddle tunes on guitar. He emerged as the father of flatpicking and forever changed the role of the guitar in American music. Charlie Poole created techniques that eventually defined bluegrass, and folks around the state heard his banjo on some of the most important old-time recordings. Rising star Rhiannon Giddens keeps the music alive today through new interpretations of classic old-time and bluegrass songs. Elizabeth Carlson profiles these and other masters of string music in this fascinating record of North Carolina’s musical past, present and future.

About the Author:

Elizabeth A. Carlson is the founder and education director of Carolina Music Ways, a nonprofit group that educates North Carolina schoolchildren about their state’s diverse musical heritage. She holds degrees in English and American studies from Princeton University and in language and literacy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She lives with her husband in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Join the author for a signing:

Where:  Barnes & Noble

1925 Hampton Inn Court

Winston-Salem, NC 27103

When: Saturday, March 19th, 2016 at 3:00 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online (https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781609498535).

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