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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 7 books in this booklist
£10.99 paperback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781471195174 | ISBN 10: 1471195171
An insightful biography of one of the world’s greatest musicians, Bob Dylan, by bestselling author Paul Morley. As one of the world’s greatest musicians, Bob Dylan has enriched the American song tradition for over 50 years. With a talent ... more
View book details£20.00 hardback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780300255317 | ISBN 10: 0300255314
Acclaimed cultural critic Greil Marcus tells the story of Bob Dylan through the lens of seven penetrating songs. “Marcus delivers yet another essential work of music journalism.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Just as Dylan allo ... more
View book details£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£12.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780571278916 | ISBN 10: 0571278914
I've Always Kept a Unicorn tells the story of Sandy Denny, one of the greatest British singers of her time and the first female singer-songwriter to produce a substantial and enduring body of original songs. Sandy Denny laid down the marker for folk ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780141194622 | ISBN 10: 0141194626
The definitive collection of folk music - one of the great English popular art forms. One of the great English popular art forms, the folk song can be painful, satirical, erotic, dramatic, rueful or funny. This magical new collection brings toget ... 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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