{"product_id":"the-new-generation-of-country-music-stars-biographies-of-50-artists-born-after-1940-9780786437870","title":"The New Generation of Country Music Stars: Biographies of 50 Artists Born After 1940","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Dicaire\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Composers \u0026amp; Musicians - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book highlights 50 of the most important entertainers in contemporary country music, providing a brief biography of each artist with special emphasis on experiences that influenced their musical careers. The artists are divided into five categories: \"The New Traditionalists\" (artists such as George Strait, Reba McEntire, and Clint Black who established the mainstream country sound in the 1980s); \"Alternative Country\" (artists such as Steve Earle and Bela Fleck who made country music on their own terms); \"Groups\" (ensemble acts such as Alabama, the Dixie Chicks, and Rascal Flatts that have carried on the traditions of the Carter Family and other prominent groups of the 1920s and 1930s); \"Country-Pop\" (artists such as Garth Brooks and Shania Twain who firmly established the \"countrypolitan\" sound as the cash cow of Nashville); and \"New Country\" (the next generation of country-pop artists, with particular attention paid to international megastars such as Keith Urban, and teen sensations, including LeAnn Rimes and Taylor Swift).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46885973590167,"sku":"9780786437870","price":3722.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786437870.webp?v=1770249816","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-new-generation-of-country-music-stars-biographies-of-50-artists-born-after-1940-9780786437870","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}