My Black Country online holiday party with Alice Randall

Parnassus Books is pleased to present a virtual event for Alice Randall, who is celebrating the holidays with an online party for MY BLACK COUNTRY.

Alice has been hand cutting ribbon, making Black Country Christmas music playlists, and collaborating with Black bakers, musicians, a museum, and most importantly the best independent bookstores and we're ready for a virtual party and to sell some books and albums over the holidays.

CELEBRATE the holidays with My Black Country. Gift My Black Country: the album, the book, and the sing-along Holiday Party. Have yourself a merry little Christmas!

Online link information:

This will be a Zoom event, and ticketholders will receive the Zoom link by email on the day of the event. If you have purchased a ticket but have not received the link to view the event by 30 minutes prior to the start time, please first check your spam/junk/bulk folder, then call for assistance : Stuart- 615-854-8945 or Taylor - 615-669-1389

My Black Country Holiday Party Description:

The My Black Country Holiday party is coming! Sunday, December 8, 2024 (2PM- 3PM Central Time) (3PM-4PM Eastern Time) and (Noon to 1PM Pacific Time). Live from the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville. Saaneah (featured on My Black Country album) will be singing lost classics and family favorites from the Black Country Christmas songbook—and Alice Randall shares Christmas memories featuring the First Family of Black Country and Black Country holiday cookie recipes. Guests will be able to request songs for Saaneah to sing.

Parnassus Books will send you an email when the books are ready for in-store pickup or when shipped books are sent.

Please note there are two ticketing options available for this virtual event:

• $31.70, which includes a link to the online party, a signed hardcover copy of My Black Country, and a bookmark, ribbon, and twine to transform copies of My Black Country into a perfect present, plus in-store pickup at Parnassus Books
• $41.70, which includes a link to the online party, a signed hardcover copy of My Black Country, and a bookmark, ribbon, and twine to transform copies of My Black County into a perfect present, plus expidited shipping to a US address.

About the book:

Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author presents "a celebration of all things country music" (Ken Burns) as she reflects on her search for the first family of Black country music.

Country music had brought Alice Randall and her activist mother together and even gave Randall a singular distinction in American music history: she is the first Black woman to cowrite a number one country hit, Trisha Yearwood's "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)". Randall found inspiration and comfort in the sounds and history of the first family of Black country music: DeFord Bailey, Lil Hardin, Ray Charles, Charley Pride, and Herb Jeffries who, together, made up a community of Black Americans rising through hard times to create simple beauty, true joy, and sometimes profound eccentricity.

What emerges in My Black Country is "a delightful, inspirational story of persistence, resistance, and sheer love" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review) of this most American of music genres and the radical joy in realizing the power of Black influence on American culture. As country music goes through a fresh renaissance today, with a new wave of Black artists enjoying success, My Black Country is the perfect gift for longtime country fans and a vibrant introduction to a new generation of listeners who previously were not invited to give the genre a chance.

About the author:

Alice Randall is a New York Times bestselling novelist, award-winning songwriter, and educator. She is widely recognized as one of the most significant voices in modern Black fiction and has emerged as an innovative food activist committed to reforms that support healthy bodies and healthy communities. She lives in Nashville where she writes country songs.

Event Venue

Online