Read about folk legends and lesser-known -- but equally talented -- performers. The Hound examines traditional American folk music as well as Cajun, Celtic, alternative folk, English, old time, bluegrass and much more. And in classic MusicHound style, all 1,200 profiles are packed with interesting facts and strong opinions.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Incomplete - "Essential" is off the mark.,
By santacruztacean (Monterey Bay area) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Musichound Folk: The Essential Album Guide with CD (Audio) (Musichound Essential Album Guides) (Paperback)
Great bedside reading, but this massive compendium should have been more focused. Malvina Reynolds is not included. No Weavers. Surely the writer of "If I Had A Hammer", Lee Hays, should have been included. The omissions are all the more glaring with the inclusion of so many borderline "folk" artists - I like B.B. King, but I would hardly classify him as a "folk" singer. I'm looking forward to a revised edition.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
This book is a welcomed and long overdue publication!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide (Paperback)
MUSICHOUND FOLK: THE ESSENTIAL ALBUM GUIDE is one of the best and most complete compilations of reviews and descriptions of folk artists' works that I have yet seen. Bravo for an excellent start!!However, I would like to recommend that the inclusion of the following artists would improve the coverage and render the book even more comprehensive!! 1. Tom Rapp (Pearls Before Swine) 2. Bob Carpenter ( Canadian songwriter) 3. Lee Clayton (Folk/Country artist) 4. John Martyn (British Folk/Rock artist) 5. Willie P. Bennett (Canadian songwriter) 6. Murray McLauchlan (Canadian songwriter) 7. Decameron (British Folk/Rock band) 8. Lindisfarne (British Folk/Rock band) 9. Michael Chapman (British folk/Rocker) 10. Terry and Gay Woods (Terry was in the Pogues and both were in Steeleye Span) This is a short list but it is evident that more research into British and Canadian folk music would improve this book. Nevertheless, I applaud this great begining!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best value for money a folk fan could find,
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This review is from: MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide (Paperback)
Fans of a genre usually fear that a guide will either be too simplistic for them, or too opinionated. Here we have a guide that exhibits neither flaw. The editors and their team of writers have done as nearly perfect a job of summarizing the hazily-defined world of folk music as could be hoped for. This book is intriguingly inclusive without reaching, and does a terrific job of putting the importance and particular merits of each artist in perspective. I have wandered through this absorbing overview for many hours, learned vastly, and still not exhausted it. The fascinating material has sent me on many a treasure hunt and I'm still finding new delights every week. If even Neal Walters can learn something from the material included here, as he indicates in the foreword material, it's got to have something to teach anyone.
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