Folk & traditional music books

As much a road novel as it is an autobiography, this translation of Bound for Glory recounts Woody Guthrie's life...  Read More >>

Challenges the notion that Irish Traditional music expresses an essential Irish identity, arguing that it was an...  Read More >>

Don't talk to strangers is the advice long given to children by parents of all classes and races. Today it has...  Read More >>

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The postcolonial experience, as explored by the authors of this volume, focuses on the complex set of cultural and...  Read More >>

Serbian and Greek Art Music is the first ever book in the English language to examine the assimilation and development...  Read More >>

How should politicians act? When should they try to lead public opinion and when should they follow it? Should politicians...  Read More >>

By age thirty-nine, Blair Kilpatrick had settled into life as a practicing psychologist, wife, and mother. Then...  Read More >>

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Why do politicians frequently heed the preferences of small groups of citizens over those of the majority? Breaking...  Read More >>

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In 1946, Harry Choates, a Cajun fiddle virtuoso, changed the course of American musical history when his recording...  Read More >>

The jali - a member of a hereditary group of Mandinka professional performers - is a charismatic but contradictory...  Read More >>

The dynamic genre of musical theater that transformed popular entertainment in Cuba  Read More >>

Essays from a symposium in honor of Gerhard Kubik, held in December 2004 at the University of Vienna.  Read More >>

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 30 songs from this iconic country singer-songwriter, including: Coat of Many...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethnomusicology defines a new field of holistic research and applied practice that...  Read More >>

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The essays in this collection range from the impact of technology on the British folksong revival to regional characteristics...  Read More >>

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Der 19. Band der Enzyklopädie CORPUS MUSICAE POPULARIS AUSTRIACAE dokumentiert Geschichte und Sammelgut des Arbeitsausschusses...  Read More >>

Men of Harlech is a folksong from Wales. It is a stirring and bold march that shows off the power of this ensemble...  Read More >>

This book presents a history of folk music festivals in the United States, beginning in the 19th century and ending...  Read More >>

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