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Folk Music -

Related category: Music & Performing Arts
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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

  • Cover image of book You Lose Yourself, You Reappear: The Many Voices of Bob Dylan by Paul Morley
    You Lose Yourself, You Reappear: The Many Voices of Bob Dylan - by Paul Morley

    £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

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  • Cover image of book Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs by Greil Marcus
    Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs - by Greil Marcus

    £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

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  • Cover image of book The Folk Singers and the Bureau by Aaron J Leonard
    The Folk Singers and the Bureau - by Aaron J Leonard

    £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

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  • Cover image of book Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain
    Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music - by Rob Young

    £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

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    I've Always Kept a Unicorn: The Biography of Sandy Denny - by Mick Houghton

    £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

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  • Cover image of book The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs by Steve Roud
    The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs - by Steve Roud

    £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

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  • Cover image of book Folk Music: A Very Short Introduction by Mark Slobin
    Folk Music: A Very Short Introduction - by Mark Slobin

    £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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