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  • The Fellowship of Song

    Popular Singing Traditions in East Suffolk

    by Ginette Dunn ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Folk Music
    Originally published in 1980. Song is perhaps the strongest form of traditional culture. Its vigour and energy represent the power of the community from which it springs. This book focuses on traditional singing in two small English villages. It studies in detail an activity which goes to the core of the communal life in any village and demonstrates how song becomes the lifeblood of the traditions ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

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    Anthony Reynolds fascinating and detailed biography draws on scores of new interviews conducted with Cohens band members past and present, his business associates, editors, friends, fans, producers, colleagues, enemies and peers. As well as their revealing accounts, the author has gained access to hours of previously unpublished interviews with Cohen as well as video archive recordings from ... Read more

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  • On the Road with Bob Dylan

    by Larry Sloman ...
    Hailed as “the War and Peace of rock and roll” by Bob Dylan himself, this is the ultimate backstage pass to Dylan’s legendary 1975 tour across America—by a former Rolling Stone reporter prominently featured in Martin Scorsese’s Netflix documentary Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story.In 1975, as Bob Dylan emerged from eight years of seclusion, he dreamed of putting together a traveling music ... Read more

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  • The Protest Singer

    by Alec Wilkinson ...
    A spirited and intimate look at American icon and activist Pete Seeger.Throughout his life, Pete Seeger transformed a classic American musical style into a form of peaceful protest against war, segregation, and nuclear weapons. Drawing on his extensive talks with Seeger, Alec Wilkinson delivers a first hand look at Seeger's unique blend of independence and commitment, charm, courage, energy, and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Worlds of Sound

    The Story of Smithsonian Folkways

    by Richard Carlin ...
    A man, a microphone, and a dreamWhen he opened his tiny recording studio in New York in 1940, Moses Asch had a larger-than-life dream: To document and record all the sounds of his time. He created Folkways Records to achieve his goal, not just a record label but a statement that all sounds are equal and every voice deserves to be heard. The Folkways catalog grew to include a myriad of voices, from ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Across the Water

    Teaching Irish Music and Dance at Home and Abroad

    by Rebecca E. Farrell ...
    Immerse students in the music traditions of the Irish, one of North America's largest ethnic populations. Across the Water: Teaching Irish Music and Dance at Home and Abroad gives general music teachers the tools to introduce the music and dance of Ireland while respecting the music's cultural origins. An overview of the history of Irish traditional music provides a basic understanding of the ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • The Age Of Revolution in the Irish Song Tradition

    1776-1815

    by Terry Moylan ...
    The Age of Revolution in the Irish Song Tradition is a definitive gathering of songs, poems and tunes composed between the 1776 American Revolution and Napoleon's exile and death in 1821 and beyond dramatically conveying how the seismic events of those years inspired literary and musical effort across succeeding generations in Ireland. The material is drawn from tradition and from print and ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Canoe Songs

    by Lenny Everson ...
    For those people who are tired of singing "dip, dip, and swing", and would prefer canoeing songs with a little more originality to them, Lenny Everson offers 13 songs adapted from his famous canoeing poems.What you get are the lyrics with guitar chords. The songs use traditional tunes, so you can hear how they'd sound by checking the source music on YouTube, and usually you can find the sheet ... Read more

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  • A Brief History of Serbian Music

    by William Dorich ...
    The only defenders of Serbian art and culture in these difficult centuries were the peasants who played the Gusle, a one-stringed instrument. As their punishment for playing a musical instrument many of these musicians were blinded by their oppressors resulting in thousands of such punishments. Being denied the right to music or dance, the Serbs invented a silent kolo (dance) in which the ... Read more

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  • Hymns for Autoharp

    by Meg Peterson ...
    Gospel music is rooted in the folk tradition of America. It is music from the heart and soul and appears wherever people gather to express their spiritual joy. Folk instruments such as the guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, and autoharp lend themselves to this kind of group singing. They can provide simple accompaniments or carry the melody in a small group of a full fledged revival. The autoharp ... Read more

    $24.72 CAD

  • Shadows in the Field

    New Perspectives for Fieldwork in Ethnomusicology

    Edited by Gregory F. Barz, Timothy J. Cooley ...
    Ethnomusicological fieldwork has significantly changed since the end of the the 20th century. Ethnomusicology is in a critical moment that requires new perspecitves on fieldwork - perspectives that are not addressed in the standard guides to ethnomusicological or anthropological method. The focus in ethnomusicological writing and teaching has traditionally centered around analyses and ethnographic ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD

  • Beyond The Waterfall

    Extraordinary Tunes for Fiddle and Clawhammer Banjo

    by Dan Levenson ...
    You've played "Over the Waterfall," marched along to "Soldier's Joy" and perhaps even found your fortune while trotting along on that "Old Spotted Pony." Now it's time to take the next step; beyond the waterfall to the land of lesser-played tunes.Inside this volume are 40 challenging, unusual, interesting and dare I say- extraordinary tunes. As it includes standard notation, clawhammer banjo ... Read more

    $27.47 CAD