Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 256 pages
- Published by: Schirmer Books September 1, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0825673003
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0825673009
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Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
- Weighs: 12.8 ounces
Product Description
This definitive story of American folk music focuses on how a minority music genre suddenly became the emergent voice of a generation at the end of the Eisenhower years. From Kingston Trios "Tom Dooley" in 1958 to Bob Dylans electric performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, folk influenced American culture and eventually became absorbed into popular music. The author also explores how authentic folk is now experiencing a second revival, taking its place in our contemporary fascination with roots music.
Reader Reviews
Lankford has done a marvelous job in bringing together the conflicting currents of the folk scene in the United States before, during, and after its glory days. From the perspective of elapsed time, he traces the multiple streams that gave rise to the revival and flowering of the "old" music as well as the emergence of the "new" (or "new song") folk music. It is a good introduction to anyone interested in music. While I disagree with some of his implied conclusions and question some of his cause-effect relationships, he does present the material in a straightforward linear manner. The echoes of some of the issues he raises are still felt in the folk community today.
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