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Short cuts - brief reviews of folk music recordings
TOM and BARBARA BROWN, Prevailing Winds, (Wild Goose 306). Lovers of English folk songs will welcome this second recording from the forty-year West County veterans. Traditional songs like "Sir Fran...(Continue Reading) Various: The Music of Wales: The Folk Collection
VARIOUS The Music of Wales: The Folk Collection Sain 2459 VARIOUS Telyn Y Celt: Trad Harps Sain 2397 The Welsh label Sain is committed to bringing ......(Continue Reading)Romancing the Folk: Public Memory & American Roots Music. . - book review
By Benjamin Filene (University of North Carolina Press, 2000) In 1999, the popular DJ and electronic performer Moby released Play, an album of vintage ......(Continue Reading)Rainbow Quest: the Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940-1970. - book review
By Ronald D. Cohen University of Massachusetts Press (Amherst, Ma), 2002, ISBN 1558493484, 384 pages, pbk., $24.95 Although the folk revival left a distinct imprint on American culture during the...(Continue Reading)Various I'm on My Journey Home: Vocal Styles and Resources in Folk Music. - sound recording review
New World 80223 First issued on a 1978 LP, I'm on My Journey Home documents the novel things that people have chosen to do with their voices. Today, ......(Continue Reading)
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