October 23, 2023
UT Press is pleased to announce that Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions by Francesca Royster has been awarded 1st Place for the 2023 Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award,… READ MORE
October 18, 2023
We’re thrilled that Lynnée Denise’s book Why Willie Mae Thornton Matters has been featured by some incredible outlets as a recommended read! The Millions included it on their “Most Anticipated:… READ MORE
October 3, 2023
One year ago today, Margo Price’s memoir, Maybe We’ll Make It, hit bookshelves around the world, and we are so proud to celebrate the book’s incredible reception by fans and… READ MORE
September 18, 2023
It’s 1990 in Austin, Texas. The next decade will be a tipping point in the city’s metamorphosis from sleepy college town to major city. Beneath the increasingly slick exterior, though,… READ MORE
September 12, 2023
We are so proud of our Music Matters series and recent publications like Allyson McCabe’s Why Sinéad O’Connor Matters and Steacy Easton’s Why Tammy Wynette Matters. This week, we’re celebrating… READ MORE
August 3, 2023
And if there ever is gonna be healing There has to be remembering and then grieving So that there then can be forgiving There has to be knowledge and understanding … READ MORE
May 11, 2023
Use this discussion guide to host a Sinéad O’Connor book discussion! Sinéad O’Connor’s career—her music and her activism—gives fans, haters, music critics, journalists, and anyone with a surface-level knowledge of… READ MORE
May 4, 2023
Take the STEELY ZO-DAN-IAC quiz to find out which character from the Steely Dan universe you are! Steely Dan’s songs are exercises in fictional world-building. No one else in the… READ MORE
April 6, 2023
Known as the first lady of country music, Tammy Wynette gained the moniker because she is most widely known in terms of her relationships with men, namely George Jones. (See… READ MORE
March 10, 2023
By Allyson McCabe In 1990, Sinéad O’Connor’s video for “Nothing Compares 2 U” turned her into a superstar. Two years later, an appearance on Saturday Night Live turned her into… READ MORE
