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Author:

Dunaway, David King.

Title:

Singing out : an oral history of America's folk music revivals / David King Dunaway, Molly Beer.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xi, 255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Folk music--United States--History and criticism.
Folk songs, English--United States--History and criticism.
Oral tradition--United States.
Folk music.
Folk songs, English.
Oral tradition.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Other Authors:

Beer, Molly.

Notes:

Originally published by Oxford University Press, 2010. Includes bibliographical references (p, [226]-230], discography (pages [231]-242) and index.

Contents:

I never heard a horse sing it! : defining folk music -- Early collectors -- Music for the masses -- Greenwich Village : 1940s -- Am I in America? : the red scare -- Folk boom -- Movement music -- Folk-rock -- Nu folk : the music changes, but the beat goes on -- The power of music.

Summary:

An oral history of North American folk music revivals that draws on more than 150 interviews to explore the musical, political, and social aspects of the folk revival movement.

Series:

Oxford oral history series

ISBN:

0199896569
9780199896561

OCLC:

(OCoLC)792939853

Locations:

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)