Folk & traditional music books

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Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of 'Bluegrass'

Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe,...

Author: Richard D. Smith
ISBN: 9780316803816
Format: Hardback
$52.00

Drawing on the traditional ""hillbilly"" music of his Kentucky childhood, the late Bill Monroe created the ""high...  Read More >>

Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots Music

Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots...

Author: Benjamin Filene
ISBN: 9780807848623
Format: Paperback
$73.79

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Bound for Shady Grove

Bound for Shady Grove

Author: Steven Harvey
ISBN: 9780820321974
Format: Hardback
$71.15

Essays that echo the melodies of mountain music.  Read More >>

Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots Music

Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots...

Author: Benjamin Filene
ISBN: 9780807825501
Format: Hardback
$195.23

In American music, the notion of ""roots"" has been a powerful refrain, but the musical traditions that constitute...  Read More >>

Anthems: A Celebration of Australia

Anthems: A Celebration of Australia

Author: John Williamson
ISBN: 9781876871123
Format: Paperback
$14.95

A collection of twenty evergreen songs by John Williamson.  Read More >>

Awakening Spaces: French Caribbean Popular Songs, Music, and Culture

Awakening Spaces: French Caribbean Popular Songs, Music,...

Author: Brenda F. Berrian
ISBN: 9780226044569
Format: Paperback
$57.95

This text chronicles the rise of popular music in the French Caribbean. Based on personal interviews and discussions...  Read More >>

Introduction to Roots Guitar: An Overview of North American Folk Styles

Introduction to Roots Guitar: An Overview of North American...

Author: Doug Cox
ISBN: 9781574240856
Format: Mixed media product
$47.39

GuitarThis book/CD pack by Canada's premier guitar and Dobro player introduces beginning to intermediate players...  Read More >>

Awakening Spaces: French Caribbean Popular Songs, Music, and Culture

Awakening Spaces: French Caribbean Popular Songs, Music,...

Author: Brenda F. Berrian
ISBN: 9780226044552
Format: Hardback
$142.56

This text chronicles the rise of popular music in the French Caribbean. Based on personal interviews and discussions...  Read More >>

Songs of the Greek Underworld: The Rebetika Tradition

Songs of the Greek Underworld: The Rebetika Tradition...

Author: Elias Petropoulos ,  Ed Emery
ISBN: 9780863563683
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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Songs of the Greek Underworld: The Rebetika Tradition

Songs of the Greek Underworld: The Rebetika Tradition...

Author: Elias Petropoulos ,  Ed Emery
ISBN: 9780863563980
Format: Hardback
$86.86

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The Best of Hank Williams Jr.

The Best of Hank Williams Jr.

Author: Jr Hank Williams
ISBN: 9780634013058
Format: Book
$34.19

Folk/Country Guitar/Fretted Instrument Solos  Read More >>

Repertoire, Authenticity and Introduction: The Presentation of American Indian Music in Oklahoma's Elementary Schools

Repertoire, Authenticity and Introduction: The Presentation...

Author: Robert J. Damm
ISBN: 9780815338147
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This study examines the repertoire, authenticity and instruction of American Indian music in elementary school music...  Read More >>

Fingerpicking, Flatpicking and Slide: Guitar Styles of Merle Watson

Fingerpicking, Flatpicking and Slide: Guitar Styles...

Author: Merle Watson
ISBN: 9780634017032
Format: Undefined
$79.07

(Guitar Educational). During the fifteen years that Merle Watson toured and recorded with his father, Doc Watson,...  Read More >>

Like A Bullet Of Light: Bob Dylan in Film

Like A Bullet Of Light: Bob Dylan in Film

Author: C P Lee
ISBN: 9781900924061
Format: Paperback
$50.03

Using archive research and interviews, the author traces Dylan's celluloid obsession from his teenage adulation...  Read More >>

The Essential Klezmer

The Essential Klezmer

Author: Seth Rogovoy
ISBN: 9781565122444
Format: Paperback
$42.11

An introduction to a musical form in the midst of a renaissance. The book documents the history of klezmer from...  Read More >>

Strings Around the World -- Folk Songs of the U.S.A.: Cello

Strings Around the World -- Folk Songs of the U.S.A.:...

Author: William Starr (Univ of Colorado Boulder)
ISBN: 9780874878387
Format: Paperback
$10.43

The Strings Around the World series is designed for the student string orchestra, string quartet, or violin group....  Read More >>

Strings Around the World -- Folk Songs of the U.S.A.: String Bass

Strings Around the World -- Folk Songs of the U.S.A.:...

Author: William Starr (Univ of Colorado Boulder)
ISBN: 9780874878394
Format: Paperback
$13.17

The Strings Around the World series is designed for the student string orchestra, string quartet, or violin group....  Read More >>

Strings Around the World -- Folk Songs of the U.S.A.: Violin 1

Strings Around the World -- Folk Songs of the U.S.A.:...

Author: William Starr (Univ of Colorado Boulder)
ISBN: 9780874877977
Format: Paperback
$10.43

The Strings Around the World series is designed for the student string orchestra, string quartet, or violin group....  Read More >>

Strings Around the World -- Folk Songs of the U.S.A.: Viola

Strings Around the World -- Folk Songs of the U.S.A.:...

Author: William Starr (Univ of Colorado Boulder)
ISBN: 9780874877991
Format: Paperback
$10.43

The Strings Around the World series is designed for the student string orchestra, string quartet, or violin group....  Read More >>

Strings Around the World -- Folk Songs of the U.S.A.: Violin 3

Strings Around the World -- Folk Songs of the U.S.A.:...

Author: William Starr (Univ of Colorado Boulder)
ISBN: 9780874879568
Format: Paperback
$10.43

The Strings Around the World series is designed for the student string orchestra, string quartet, or violin group....  Read More >>

Strings Around the World -- Folk Songs of the U.S.A.: Score

Strings Around the World -- Folk Songs of the U.S.A.:...

Author: William Starr (Univ of Colorado Boulder)
ISBN: 9780874877960
Format: Paperback
$23.73

The Strings Around the World series is designed for the student string orchestra, string quartet, or violin group....  Read More >>

Been Here and Gone

Been Here and Gone

Author: Frederic Ramsey, Jr.
ISBN: 9780820321950
Format: Paperback
$52.67

This volume documents Ramsey’s journeys through the 1950s South, where he traveled in search of what might still...  Read More >>

Rhythms of Resistance: African Musical Heritage in Brazil

Rhythms of Resistance: African Musical Heritage in Brazil...

Author: Peter Fryer
ISBN: 9780745307312
Format: Paperback
$54.95

African rhythms are at the heart of contemporary black Brazilian music. Surveying a musical legacy that encompasses...  Read More >>

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