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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 3 books in this booklist
£12.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781913462000 | ISBN 10: 1913462005
Some of the most prominent folk singers of the twentieth century, including Woody Guthrie, 'Sis Cunningham, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Burl Ives, etc., were also political activists with various associations with the American Communist Party. As a conseq ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780571349654 | ISBN 10: 057134965x
In this groundbreaking survey of more than a century of music making in the British Isles, Rob Young investigates how the idea of folk has been handed down and transformed by successive generations - song collectors, composers, Marxist revivalists, f ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780195395020 | ISBN 10: 0195395026
This stimulating Very Short Introduction throws open the doors on a remarkably diverse musical genre, with a world-wide reach that goes far beyond America's shores to discuss folk music of every possible kind and in every corner of the globe. ... more
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