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Romancing The Folk: Public Memory And American Roots Music. . - Biography & History - book review
Romancing The Folk: Public Memory And American Roots Music By Benjamin Filene Univ. of North Carolina Press (Chapel Hill, NC), 2000, 400 pages, ISBN ......(Continue Reading) Anthology of American Folk Music - People Places & Miscellany - Brief Article
We'd like to send out a happy birthday to Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, which celebrated its 50th in July. Originally released on Folkways ......(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)The Sixties between the Microgrooves: Using Folk and Protest Music to Understand American History, 1963-1973
For those trying to find American history in its topical music, the 1960s were (with apologies to Charles Dickens) the best of times and the worst of ......(Continue Reading)
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