American Roots Music

Module 1 RELIGIOUS MUSIC
Chapter 1: Early History
Chapter 2: Mixing It Up (1900–1930)
Chapter 3: Commercialism
Chapter 4: Recent History and Current Iterations

Module 2 FOLK MUSIC
Chapter 1: The Origins of Folk Music in America
Chapter 2: Folk Music Becomes Professional
Chapter 3: New Sounds: Folk Music Expands
Chapter 4: Mass Commercialism
Chapter 5: Revival
Chapter 6: Folk Music in the 21st Century

Module 3 BLUES
Chapter 1: Becoming the Blues
Chapter 2: Early Blues, 1900–1930
Chapter 3: Urban Blues, 1930–1955
Chapter 4: Reviving the Blues & Contemporary Blues Scene

Module 4 IMMIGRANT MUSIC
Introduction
Chapter 1: Polka—Eastern European Music in America
Chapter 2: Mariachi Music in America
Chapter 3: Klezmer Music in America
Chapter 4: Zydeco