OnAfrican American Music’s insightful content illuminates the music and cultural connections of Black music from the 1600s to the present, embodied in its multiple genres, both secular and religious, such as plantation songs, folk spirituals, ragtime, blues, jazz, gospel, R&B, freedom songs, hip-hop, and neo-soul, as it explores the historical depth and profound impact of this music in the United States and the world. (click for publisher)

The catalyst for Music Taste or Waste: Critical Listening Skills for Students, Teachers, and Parents resulted from many discussions with parents, teachers, and students, and others about their paucity of knowledge regarding today’s popular music scene as well as music in general. The spirit of this book does not seek to suggest any music is wasteful, but rather encourages readers to use music terminology as a way to draw conclusions about whatever music they hear. (third edition, click for publisher)

Popular Music in America: Forging the American Spirit explores the many music styles that have become a part of the American music scene. Some of these include American-born styles such as punk, folk, rhythm & blues, bluegrass, thrash, disco, jazz, and blues, soul, country, hip-hop, honky-tonk, heavy metal, and styles from abroad now nestled in American culture such as reggae, polka, Latin music, reggaeton. dubstep, bachata, classical music, and others. (third edition, click for publisher)

African American Music for Everyone: Including Theater, Film, and Dance reveals the many styles of music created by African Americans such as spirituals, blues, ragtime, jazz, gospel, rhythm & blues, soul, funk, disco, hip-hop, neo-soul, as well as variations of these. As an added bonus, these music styles are discussed within the broader context of theater, film, and dance. (third edition, click for publisher)