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Lindsay does a great job of putting flesh on the bones of Larner and Cox's characters. His research has been assiduous and he takes the reader right into the homes the two men created, and where they worked up their songs and later held court, and into the village pubs. . . . The book works as a very readable and often fascinating source of both folk music lore and social history. . . . Recommended reading for anyone interested in folk song, folk singing and where folk singers got their songs from. --Rob Adams, robadamsjournalist.com

Pre-Publication ReviewsAs someone who learned to love British traditional songs and singers back in the 60s, this book, detailing the lives of two of our most influential source singers, is a must. The book illustrates how two such different, fine, styles of singing developed through personal, familial, generational circumstances against the broader background of the social and cultural conditions of the time. I would recommend it to anyone with an interest in social history as well as traditional song. Frankie Armstrong, singer and voice coach Books on folk music usually concentrate of the repertoire - the songs themselves, and where they came from and how they are constructed - but Two Bold Singermen and the English Folk Revival breaks the mould and puts the singers centre stage. Harry Cox and Sam Larner, arguably the best of the singers recorded in the post-War period, led different but equally interesting lives, and both had important things to tell us about their songs and the way they sang. This book is not only a fascinating read, and a social history of ordinary Norfolk working people, but also a major contribution to folk song scholarship. Steve Roud, author of Folk Song in England and compiler of the Roud Folk Song Index As a folk singer working with songs and stories from East Anglia, I welcomed this celebration of Harry, Sam and our rich but often overlooked East Anglian tradition with open arms. It's more than just a window into the lives of two of the unsung heroes of the English folk Revival, but it places you within their story. Two Bold Singermen and the English Folk Revival is the book I didn't realise I had been waiting for. A thoroughly important book, and an absolute joy. Georgia Shackleton - Georgia Shackleton Trio

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Bruce Lindsay has a PhD in history from the University of East Anglia. He is a freelance music journalist and social history researcher writing for All About Jazz and Jazz Journal. In the past he was a semi-professional guitarist and bassist in R&B, soul and jazz bands and was a regular performer at open-mike nights and folk sessions across East Anglia. He is the author of Shellac & Swing: A Social History of the Gramophone in Britain published in 2019.

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