David Coston
North Carolina Musicians: Photographs and Conversations by Daniel Coston plus There Was a Time: Rock and Roll in the 1960s in Charlotte, and North Carolina by Daniel Coston and Jacob Berger (broadcast 9-9-2013)
Listen in to this double header as we talk with Daniel about his two books that have been published within months of each other. The foreword by Meg Freeman Whalen to Photographs and Conversations is appropriate for both of these books that are a boon to all those who have received so much enjoyment from our most excellent homegrown musical talent.
“A showcase of photographs and stories by Charlotte photographer Daniel Coston, (these books bring) together music makers of many genres and generations. Using seeing, rather than musical style, as the basis for its structure, the book(s) present a cross-section of Carolina musicians traveling the road, relaxing at home, recording in studios, and performing in festivals, theaters, and clubs In these pages, up-and-comers – Chatham County Line, the Avert Brothers, the Carolina Chocolate Drops – find space among their revered elders – Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Nappy Brown, Maurice Williams. Rock bands jam with shout bands, fiddlers with bluesmen.
With his photographs, Daniel joins a quest that began in North Carolina more than 80 years ago: to give recognition and respect to our homegrown musicians and the sounds they create. (These book are not just documentaries; they are a salute)” Find out more at danielcostonphotography.com
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