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Amalia Old Greek Songs in the New Land 1923-1950. - sound recording review
Arhoolie 7049 The complicated story of Twentieth century immigration offers a thread as essential to American musical tradition as a Child ballad....(Continue Reading) Laura Wetzler Kabbalah Music: Songs of the Jewish Mystics. - sound recording review
Nervy Girl Jewish music is a field as big as the globe and as old as civilization--and thus one nearly impossible to get a handle on. But on Kabhalah ......(Continue Reading)Folk Music
Before the twentieth century, a dichotomy prevailed between cultivated music, by educated, formally trained musicians and composers, ......(Continue Reading)Publication noted: an anotated listing of new folk recordings, videos & books - Bibliography
COMPACT DISCS 1-800-PRIME CD 111 East 14th St., Suite 300, New York, NY 10003 <www.primecd.com> 70 SPIN: Whirligig. 10 tracks of modern Celtic ......(Continue Reading)The folk process: lyrics sent by our readers: new words to old tunes or snatches of a good song—different viewpoints, too
Mondegreens are misheard words. My first experience with them was in hymns where "the consecrated cross I'd bear" became "a consecrated ......(Continue Reading)
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