Folk Traditional category: 475 books
North Florida Folk Music
History & Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
North Florida's proud folk music heritage reaches back more than half a century. The region claims many talented artists and song writers, including Frank Thomas, Bob Patterson and Charlie Robertson, while hundreds of solo, duo and group performers regularly inspire audiences at local venues. The Stephen...
Depression Folk
Grassroots Music and Left-Wing Politics in 1930s America
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
While music lovers and music historians alike understand that folk music played an increasingly pivotal role in American labor and politics during the economic and social tumult of the Great Depression, how did this relationship come to be? Ronald D. Cohen sheds new light on the complex cultural history...
Singing from the Floor
A History of British Folk Clubs
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
In smoky rooms above pubs, bare rooms with battered stools and beer-stained tables, where the stage was little more than a scrap of carpet and sound systems were unheard of, an acoustic revolution took place in Britain in the 1950s and '60s. This was the folk revival, where a generation of musicians,...
The Denver Folk Music Tradition
An Unplugged History, from Harry Tuft to Swallow Hill and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
In 1962, Harry Tuft founded the Denver Folklore Center to bring together contemporary folk music fans and performers such as Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Judy Collins and so many more. In the following decade, a core of folk enthusiasts established the Swallow Hill Music Association. These two organizations...
The Conscience of the Folk Revival
The Writings of Israel "Izzy" Young
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Israel G. “Izzy” Young was the proprietor of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. The literal center of the New York folk music scene, the Center not only sold records, books, and guitar strings but served as a concert hall, meeting spot, and information...
Wounds to Bind
A Memoir of the Folk-Rock Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
The dawn of folk rock comes to life in Jerry Burgan’s unforgettable memoir of the pre-psychedelic 1960s and the summer that changed everything.
As a naïve folksinger from Pomona, California, Burgan was thrust to the forefront of the counterculture and its aftermath. The Byrds, the Rolling...
Performing Englishness
Identity and politics in a contemporary folk resurgence
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Performing Englishness looks in detail at the growth in popularity and profile of the English folk arts in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Based on original research within English folk culture, it is the only ethnographic study of its kind. By closely scrutinising various facets of...
by Marcella Sembrich
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Marcella Sembrich's collection of favourite folk songs from all around the globe. Features folk songs from America, England, Russia, Italy, Turkey, China, France and many many more. Classic Folk Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works...
Balkan Fascination
Creating an Alternative Music Culture in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2007
Divi Zheni identifies itself as a Bulgarian women's chorus and band, but it is located in Boston and none of its members come from Bulgaria. Zlatne Uste is one of the most popular purveyors of Balkan music in America, yet the name of the band is grammatically incorrect. The members of Sviraci hail...
The Late Victorian Folksong Revival
The Persistence of English Melody, 1878-1903
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
In The Late Victorian Folksong Revival: The Persistence of English Melody, 1878-1903, E. David Gregory provides a reliable and comprehensive history of the birth and early development of the first English folksong revival. Continuing where Victorian Songhunters, his first book, left off, Gregory systematically...
by Vincent Pisek
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
A wonderful collection of 22 bohemian folk songs originally composed by Vincent Pisek. Classic Folk Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of folk music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.
by Wise Publications
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
Pioneers of English Folk Guitar guides you through the work of ten folk guitar masters, including Bert Jansch, John Martyn and Davey Graham.
Perfect for the intermediate-advanced guitarist looking to unlock the deep power of these folk techniques, each piece is specially arranged from the original...
Gone to the Country
The New Lost City Ramblers and the Folk Music Revival
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
Gone to the Country chronicles the life and music of the New Lost City Ramblers, a trio of city-bred musicians who helped pioneer the resurgence of southern roots music during the folk revival of the late 1950s and 1960s. Formed in 1958 by Mike Seeger, John Cohen, and Tom Paley, the Ramblers introduced...
by Mark Slobin
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
This VSI offers readers something no other introduction to folk music does: a cross-cultural, comparative approach, a survey of the basic issues as they have unfolded over time, and specific examples from widely differing sites of how folk musicians themselves, as well as corporations, non-governmental...