| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford oral history series
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Oxford oral history series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references, discography 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 |
Intimate, anecdotal, and spell-binding, Singing Out offers a fascinating oral history of the North American folk music revivals and folk music. Culled from more than 150 interviews recorded from 1976 to 2006, this captivating story spans seven decades and cuts across a wide swath of generations and perspectives, shedding light on the musical, political, and social aspects of this movement. The narrators highlight many of the major folk revival figures, including Pete Seeger, Bernice Reagon, Phil Ochs, Mary Travers, Don McLean, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, Ry Cooder, and Holly Near. Together the. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Folk music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Folk music. |
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United States. |
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Folk songs, English -- United States.
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Folk songs, English. |
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Oral tradition -- United States.
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Oral tradition. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Beer, Molly.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dunaway, David King. Singing out. New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780195378344 (DLC) 2009034127 (OCoLC)432444012 |
| ISBN |
9780199702947 (electronic book) |
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0199702942 (electronic book) |
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