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  • The North American Folk Music Revival: Nation and Identity in the United States and Canada, 1945–1980

    by Gillian Mitchell ...
    This work represents the first comparative study of the folk revival movement in Anglophone Canada and the United States and combines this with discussion of the way folk music intersected with, and was structured by, conceptions of national affinity and national identity. Based on original archival research carried out principally in Toronto, Washington and Ottawa, it is a thematic, rather than ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

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  • The Protest Singer

    by Alec Wilkinson ...
    A spirited and intimate look at American icon and activist Pete Seeger.Throughout his life, Pete Seeger transformed a classic American musical style into a form of peaceful protest against war, segregation, and nuclear weapons. Drawing on his extensive talks with Seeger, Alec Wilkinson delivers a first hand look at Seeger's unique blend of independence and commitment, charm, courage, energy, and ... Read more

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  • Writing about music, drinking about art

    by Glen Herbert ...
    The popular quip, repeated by a number of people, is that "writing about music is like dancing about art"--it's a fun thing to say, but is it true? Is there really no value in writing about music? This collection of reviews begins with an essay describing why music writing is vital to our understanding of what music is and its place within our culture. ... Read more

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  • Without Getting Killed or Caught

    The Life and Music of Guy Clark

    by Tamara Saviano ...
    Series series John and Robin Dickson Series in Texas Music, sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University
    Winner, 2016 the Belmont Book Award, Sponsored by the International Country Music ConferenceFor more than forty years, Guy Clark wrote and recorded unforgettable songs. His lyrics and melodies paint indelible portraits of the people, places, and experiences that shaped him. He has served as model, mentor, supporter, and friend to at least two generations of the world’s most talented and ... Read more

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  • A Short History of Irish Traditional Music

    by Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin ...
    Series series Short Histories
    The history of Irish traditional music, song and dance from the mythological harp of the Dagda right up to Riverdance and beyond.Exploring an abundant spectrum of historical sources, music and folklore, this guide uncovers the contribution of the Normans to Irish dancing, the role of the music maker in Penal Ireland, as well as the popularity of dance tunes and set dancing from the end of the 18th ... Read more

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  • Progressive Guitar Method - Book 1

    Teach Yourself How to Play Guitar (Free Video Available)

    by LearnToPlayMusic.com, Gary Turner, Brenton White ...
    Series Book 1 - Progressive Guitar Method
    Teach yourself how to play guitar with our easy guitar lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free guitar videos and audio demonstrating all examples. See and hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along with the backing band. Also includes music score animation for easy music learning.***"Great, and a fun way to learn. Very good well written easy to follow book […] this ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Companion to Irish Traditional Music

    Edited by Fintan Vallely ...
    The Companion to Irish Traditional Music is a landmark, easy to use A-Z format for studying, exploring and researching one of Ireland’s most universally recognisable cultural expressions.Among the existing publications on Irish traditional music there are works of monumental initiative and deservedly enduring status. But the radical development in this music scene since the 1960s mark it now as an ... Read more

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  • Hiking Songs

    by Lenny Everson ...
    For those hikers who are would like , Lenny Everson offers 10 songs, some adapted from his muck-downloaded book of hiking poems.What you get are the lyrics with guitar chords. The songs use traditional tunes (such as "Oh Susannah" or "Green Grow the Lilacs", so you can hear how they should sound by checking the source music on YouTube, and usually you can find the sheet music somewhere.The songs ... Read more

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  • The Glenbuchat Ballads

    Edited by David Buchan, James Moreira ...
    Sometime in the early nineteenth century, most likely in the year 1818, the Reverend Robert Scott, minister of the parish of Glenbuchat in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, compiled a collection of traditional ballads that until now has not been published. Most of the ballad collections produced during the Scottish Romantic Revival were eventually anthologized in Francis James Child's seminal English and ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • American Epic

    The First Time America Heard Itself

    by Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty ...
    The companion book to the groundbreaking PBS and BBC documentary series celebrating the pioneers and artists of American roots music—blues, gospel, folk, Cajun, Appalachian, Hawaiian, Native American—without which there would be no jazz, rock, country R&B, or hip hop today.Jack White, T. Bone Burnett, and Robert Redford have teamed up to executive produce American Epic, a historical music project ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Cuban Counterpoints

    The Legacy of Fernando Ortiz

    by Carmen Almodóvar Muñoz, Alejandra Bronfman, Patricia Catoira, Fernando Coronil, María Del Rosario Díaz Rodríguez, Antonio Fernández Ferrer, Tomás Fernández Robaina, Roberto González Echevarría, Benjamin L. Lapidus, María Teresa Linares Savio, Octavio di Leo, José Matos Arévalos, Miguel Angel Puig-Samper Mulero, Consuelo Naranjo Orovio, María Fernanda Ortiz Herrera, Marifeli Pérez-Stable, Enrique S. Pumar, Jorge Ramírez Calzadilla, Rafael Rojas Jr., Pamela Maria Smorkaloff, Jean Stubbs, Viñalet ...
    Series series Bildner Western Hemisphere Studies
    While Fernando Ortiz's contribution to our understanding of Cuba and Latin America more generally has been widely recognized since the 1940s, recently there has been renewed interest in this scholar and activist who made lasting contributions to a staggering array of fields. This book is the first work in English to reassess Ortiz's vast intellectual universe. Essays in this volume analyze and ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Bert

    The Life and Times of A. L. Lloyd

    by Dave Arthur ...
    Folk singer and folk music collector, writer, painter, journalist, art critic, whalerman, sheep station roustabout, Marxist, and much more - this is the story of A. L. (Bert) Lloyd's extraordinary life.A. L. Lloyd played a key part in the folk music revival of the 1950s and 60s, but that is only part of his story. Dave Arthur documents how Lloyd became a member of the Communist Party, forceful ... Read more

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