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Contents Foreword by Rodney Crowell ix Introduction 1 1. Naomi Judd: Ancestral Memory 20 2. Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore: Sword and Snow 40 3. Chris Knight: Trailer Poet 62 4. Carla Gover: Mountain Edge 74 5. Kevin Harris: Freedom Doxology 91 6. Joan Osborne: Brooklyn Meets Appalachia 104 7. Dwight Yoakam: A Hillbilly in Hollywood 118 8. Nappy Roots: The Pursuit of Nappyness 132 9. Matraca Berg: Headwaters 144 10. Cathy Rawlings: From the Wings 167 11. Dale Ann Bradley: These Prisoning Hills 179 12. Jim James: The Ghost of Jim James Past 192 13. Kate Larken: Far West 205 14. The Watson Twins: Southern Manners 218 Acknowledgments 235 Bibliography 239 Index 243 ...

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