This definitive story of American folk music focuses on how a minority music genre suddenly became the emergent voice of a generation at the end of the Eisenhower years. From Kingston Trio’s "Tom Dooley" in 1958 to Bob Dylan’s electric performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, folk influenced American culture and eventually became absorbed into popular music. The author also explores how authentic folk is now experiencing a second revival, taking its place in our contemporary fascination with roots music.
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Ronnie Lankford writes about roots music for a number of print and internet magazines, including Sing Out!, Dirty Linen, and The Old-Time Herald. He has written over 100 album reviews for the All Music Guide and writes a bi-monthly column on folk music for Pop Matters. He lives in Appomattox, Virginia, with his wife and five cats.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Too general,
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This review is from: Folk Music U.s.a.: The Changing Voice Of Protest (Paperback)
Great topic but this book is full of supposition and not much that we haven't read a hundred times before. Very general overview with not a lot of interesting facts.
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A Great Overview and Introduction,
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This review is from: Folk Music U.s.a.: The Changing Voice Of Protest (Paperback)
Lankford has done a marvelous job in bringing together the conflicting currents of the folk scene in the United States before, during, and after its glory days.
From the perspective of elapsed time, he traces the multiple streams that gave rise to the revival and flowering of the "old" music as well as the emergence of the "new" (or "new song") folk music. It is a good introduction to anyone interested in music. While I disagree with some of his implied conclusions and question some of his cause-effect relationships, he does present the material in a straightforward linear manner. The echoes of some of the issues he raises are still felt in the folk community today.
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A Great Overview and Introduction,
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This review is from: Folk Music U.s.a.: The Changing Voice Of Protest (Paperback)
Lankford has done a marvelous job in bringing together the conflicting currents of the folk scene in the United States before, during, and after its glory days.
From the perspective of elapsed time, he traces the multiple streams that gave rise to the revival and flowering of the "old" music as well as the emergence of the "new" (or "new song") folk music. It is a good introduction to anyone interested in music. While I disagree with some of his implied conclusions and question some of his cause-effect relationships, he does present the material in a straightforward linear manner. The echoes of some of the issues he raises are still felt in the folk community today.
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