Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys: An Illustrated Discography. Nashville: Country Music Foundation Press, 1974.

The first discography of Bill Monroe’s recorded music, long out of print.  

Bluegrass: A History. University of Illinois Press, 1985, revised 2005.

The lengthy and complete definitive history of bluegrass music; this book has sometimes been called “the Bible” by bluegrrass fans seeking to understand the roots and development of the  bluegrass musical style.

Bluegrass Odyssey: A Documentary in Pictures and Words, 1966-86. University of Illinois Press, 2001, revised 2024.

With brilliant photographs by Carl Fleischhauer, folklorist and influential visual documentarian at the Library of Congress since 1970.

Transforming Tradition: Folk Music Revivals Examined. University of Illinois Press, 1993.

Edited by Neil V. Rosenberg. The first serious look at folksong revivals, vibrant meldings of popular and folk culture that captured public awareness in the1950s and 1960s. 

Bluegrass Generation: A Memoir. United States: University of Illinois Press, 2018.

Rosenberg’s detailed account of his personal involvement with bluegrass music, with a special focus on his 1963 year managing the Brown County Jamboree at Bean Blossom.

The Music of Bill Monroe (Music in American Life series). University of Illinois Press, 2007.

Authored with Charles K. Wolfe, this is the definitive update of Rosenberg’s 1974 discography, with extensive notes and comments on the musical career of Bill Monroe.

This website will soon feature Additions and Corrections to this essential volume!  Stay tuned...

Bean Blossom to Bannerman, Odyssey of a Folklorist: A Festschrift for Neil V. Rosenberg

St. Johns, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2005.

Just after his retirement in 2004, many of Neil Rosenberg’s friends and colleagues contributed to a Festschrift  (a collection of writings published in honor of a scholar).