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  • Hard Rain: Bob Dylan, Oral Cultures, and the Meaning of History by Portelli, Alessandro
    Alessandro Portelli

    Hard Rain: Bob Dylan, Oral Cultures, and the Meaning of History

    Bob Dylan's iconic 1962 song "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" stands at the crossroads of musical and literary traditions. A visionary warning of impending apocalypse, it sets symbolist imagery within a structure that recalls a centuries-old form. Written at the height of the 1960s...
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  • How to Write a Song That Matters by Williams, Dar
    Dar Williams

    How to Write a Song That Matters

    An effective and inspiring guide to songwriting by prolific, iconic singer-songwriter Dar Williams.How to Write a Song That Matters is an invaluable guide to writing music by a woman who knows how to do it and do it well: iconic singer-songwriter, Dar Williams. For...
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  • Louisville Jug Music: From Earl McDonald to the National Jubilee by Jones, Michael L.
    Michael L. Jones

    Louisville Jug Music: From Earl McDonald to the National Jubilee

    Author: Michael L. JonesISBN-10: 1540210243ISBN-13: 9781540210241Publisher: History Press Library EditionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/23/2014Pages: 130Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d
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  • Lone Star Swing by McLean, Duncan
    Duncan McLean

    Lone Star Swing

    Using the prize money from his Somerset Maugham Award, Duncan McLean traveled from Orkney, Scotland, to Texas in search of the extraordinary mix of jazz, blues, country, and mariachi that is Western Swing. This account of his travels takes in barbed-wire museums, onion festivals,...
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  • Researching Secular Music and Dance in the Early United States: Extending the Legacy of Kate Van Winkle Keller by Lohman, Laura
    Laura Lohman

    Researching Secular Music and Dance in the Early United States: Extending the Legacy of Kate Van Winkle Keller

    This book provides a practical introduction to researching and performing early Anglo-American secular music and dance with attention to their place in society. Supporting growing interest among scholars and performers spanning numerous disciplines, this book contributes quality new scholarship to spur further research on...
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  • The Dylan Companion by Thomson, Elizabeth
    Elizabeth Thomson

    The Dylan Companion

    "To this day, wherever great rock music is being made, there is the shadow of Bob Dylan," said Bruce Springsteen at the induction of Dylan into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. Or to quote John Rockwell, "Anyone who didn't live...
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  • The Professional Pianist -- Solos for Christmas: 50 Advanced Arrangements by Coates, Dan
    Dan Coates

    The Professional Pianist -- Solos for Christmas: 50 Advanced Arrangements

    This collection of 50 beloved Christmas songs has been crafted to provide professional-sounding, easily prepared arrangements for busy pianists. Each arrangement has been carefully engraved for easy reading, and approximate performance times have been included to assist with planning set lists. Perfect for holiday...
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  • Scatterling of Africa by Clegg, Johnny
    Johnny Clegg

    Scatterling of Africa

    There are moments in life that are pure, and which seem to hang in the air, unhitched from the everyday world as we know it. Suspended for a few seconds, they float in their own space and time with their own hidden prospects. For...
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  • Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting by Gauthier, Mary
    Mary Gauthier

    Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting

    "A handbook for compassion... a Must-Read Music Book."--Rolling Stone Country "Generous and big-hearted, Gauthier has stories to tell and worthwhile advice to share." --Wally Lamb, author of I Know This Much Is True "Gauthier has an uncanny ability to combine songwriting craft with a...
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  • Up Yon Wide and Lonely Glen: Travellers' Songs, Stories and Tunes of the Fetterangus Stewarts by Stewart, Elizabeth
    Elizabeth Stewart

    Up Yon Wide and Lonely Glen: Travellers' Songs, Stories and Tunes of the Fetterangus Stewarts

    Elizabeth Stewart is a highly acclaimed singer, pianist, and accordionist whose reputation has spread widely not only as an outstanding musician but as the principal inheritor and advocate of her family and their music. First discovered by folklorists in the 1950s, the Stewarts of...
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  • Prophet Singer: The Voice and Vision of Woody Guthrie by Jackson, Mark Allan
    Mark Allan Jackson

    Prophet Singer: The Voice and Vision of Woody Guthrie

    Prophet Singer: The Voice and Vision of Woody Guthrie examines the cultural and political significance of lyrics by beloved songwriter and activist Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie. The text traces how Guthrie documented the history of America's poor and disadvantaged through lyrics about topics as...
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  • Música Típica: Cumbia and the Rise of Musical Nationalism in Panama by Bellaviti, Sean
    Sean Bellaviti

    M俍ica T厓ica: Cumbia and the Rise of Musical Nationalism in Panama

    The Panama Canal is a world-famous site central to the global economy, but the social, cultural, and political history of the country along this waterway is little known outside its borders. In M俍ica T厓ica, author Sean Bellaviti sheds light on a key element of...
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  • The Oxford Handbook of Music Revival by Bithell, Caroline
    Caroline Bithell

    The Oxford Handbook of Music Revival

    Revival movements aim to revitalize traditions perceived as threatened or moribund by adapting them to new temporal, spatial, and social contexts. While many of these movements have been well-documented in Western Europe and North America, those occurring and recurring elsewhere in the world have...
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  • Folk Songs Of Eastern Europe (1912) by Whitehead, Ralph Radcliffe
    Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead

    Folk Songs Of Eastern Europe (1912)

    Folk Songs Of Eastern Europe (1912) is a collection of traditional songs from various countries in Eastern Europe, compiled and edited by Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead. The book contains lyrics, musical notation, and brief historical and cultural context for each song. The countries represented include...
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  • Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art * Words and Wisdom by Santelli, Robert
    Robert Santelli

    Woody Guthrie: Songs and Art * Words and Wisdom

    The timely, passionate, and humanely political work of America's greatest folk singer and songwriter is presented through his own words and art--curated by Woody's daughter--in this essential self-portrait, including never-before published lyrics and personal writing, and testimony from contemporary writers and musicians on his...
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  • Recorder Songbook - 48 German Folk songs: for the Soprano or Tenor Recorder + Sounds Online by Schipp, Bettina
    Bettina Schipp

    Recorder Songbook - 48 German Folk songs: for the Soprano or Tenor Recorder + Sounds Online

    Songbook with 48 german Folk songs from all over the world - simply notated for the Soprano or Tenor Recorder in C.The tones of the melodies were prepared with fingering images for the recorder, the rhythm of the tones is given by the lyrics...
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  • Mongolian Sound Worlds by Post, Jennifer C.
    Jennifer C. Post

    Mongolian Sound Worlds

    Music cultures today in rural and urban Mongolia and Inner Mongolia emerge from centuries-old pastoralist practices that were reshaped by political movements in the twentieth century. Mongolian Sound Worlds investigates the unique sonic elements, fluid genres, social and spatial performativity, and sounding objects behind...
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  • Magyar or Hungarian Gypsy Songs by Smith, Laura Alexandrine
    Laura Alexandrine Smith

    Magyar or Hungarian Gypsy Songs

    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Laura Alexandrine SmithISBN-10: 1447453611ISBN-13: 9781447453611Publisher:...
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  • On the Porch: Life and Music in Terlingua, Texas by Peeler, W. Chase
    W. Chase Peeler

    On the Porch: Life and Music in Terlingua, Texas

    In sunbaked Terlingua, Texas (pop., a few hundred), residents joke that there is a musician under every rock. Located ten miles from Mexico in one of the remotest corners of the United States, the town had a recording studio before it had a school,...
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  • The Electric Muse Revisited: The Story of Folk Into Rock and Beyond by Laing, Dave
    Dave Laing

    The Electric Muse Revisited: The Story of Folk Into Rock and Beyond

    Folk music has been evolving and adapting for centuries, but in the 1960s and 70s came an extraordinary period of change and innovation. Rock musicians borrowed from traditional songs, while folk musicians re-worked ancient ballads using electric guitars and drum kits. From Dylan to...
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  • Pablo's Fandango (Bilingual) (English and Spanish Edition) by Hinojosa, Diana
    Diana Hinojosa

    Pablo's Fandango (Bilingual) (English and Spanish Edition)

    Pablo's Fandango is an endearing story about a special boy who discovers the cycle of life when he stumbles upon a lifeless animal. He embarks upon a journey through the Sierra Madre and soon discovers a tradition on the brink of extinction. With his...
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  • The Foxfire 45th Anniversary Book: Singin', Praisin', Raisin' by Foxfire Fund Inc
    Foxfire Fund Inc

    The Foxfire 45th Anniversary Book: Singin', Praisin', Raisin'

    For almost half a century, Foxfire has brought the philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers, teaching creative self-sufficiency and preserving the stories, crafts, and customs of Appalachia. Inspiring and practical, this classic series has become an American institution. The Foxfire...
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  • Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words by Marom, Malka
    Malka Marom

    Joni Mitchell: In Her Own Words

    When singer, musician, and broadcast journalist Malka Marom had the opportunity to interview Joni Mitchell in 1973, she was eager to reconnect with the performer she'd first met late one night in 1966 at a Yorkville coffeehouse. More conversations followed over the next four...
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  • The Nobel Lecture by Dylan, Bob
    Bob Dylan

    The Nobel Lecture

    Published for the first time in a beautiful collectible edition, the essential lecture delivered by the 2016 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Bob Dylan. On October 13, 2016, Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, recognizing his countless contributions to...
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  • Jason Molina: Riding with the Ghost by Osmon, Erin
    Erin Osmon

    Jason Molina: Riding with the Ghost

    Erin Osmon presents a detailed, human account of the Rust Belt-born musician Jason Molina-a visionary, prolific, and at times cantankerous singer-songwriter with an autodidactic style that captivated his devoted fans. The songwriting giant behind the bands Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. had a...
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  • Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia by Ritchie, Fiona
    Fiona Ritchie

    Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia

    From the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in the United States. Many of these Scots-Irish immigrants made their way into the mountains of the southern Appalachian region. They...
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  • Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life by Stadler, Gustavus
    Gustavus Stadler

    Woody Guthrie: An Intimate Life

    Dismantles the Woody Guthrie we have been taught--the rough-and-ready rambling' man--to reveal an artist who discovered how intimacy is crucial for political struggle Woody Guthrie is often mythologized as the classic American "rambling' man," a real-life Steinbeckian folk hero who fought for working-class interests...
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  • I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Simmons, Sylvie
    Sylvie Simmons

    I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen

    The New York Times-bestselling, definitive biography of legendary artist Leonard Cohen, now with new afterword by the author "There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." -- Leonard CohenThe genius behind such classic songs as Suzanne, Bird on a Wire,...
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  • Fiddle Tab Traditional Collection by Robitaille, Brent C.
    Brent C. Robitaille

    Fiddle Tab Traditional Collection

    Can't read music? Try Fiddle Tab. Fiddle Tab is a fun and easy way to learn traditional fiddle tunes with large, easy-to-read big notes with letters inside. Use the fiddle fingerboard tab charts or just read the big letter notes to learn tunes fast....
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  • The Book of Sea Shanties: Wellerman and Other Songs from the Seven Seas by Evans, Nathan
    Nathan Evans

    The Book of Sea Shanties: Wellerman and Other Songs from the Seven Seas

    An epic journey through sea shanties, high tides and seven seas. From the international bestselling singer comes The Book of Sea Shanties. The world sang in harmony with Nathan Evans, the Glaswegian postie turned singer of sea shanties. Join him as he takes you...
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  • Slave Songs of the United States: 136 Songs Complete with Sheet Music and Notes on Slavery and African-American History by Allen, William Francis
    William Francis Allen

    Slave Songs of the United States: 136 Songs Complete with Sheet Music and Notes on Slavery and African-American History

    136 songs of African-American slaves, collected and compiled a few years after the Emancipation Proclamation, are presented here complete with their musical notation in this superb edition.In the introduction, the chief compiler of this music, William Francis Allen, expresses his admiration for the musical...
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  • Musics Lost and Found: Song Collectors and the Life and Death of Folk Tradition by Church, Michael
    Michael Church

    Musics Lost and Found: Song Collectors and the Life and Death of Folk Tradition

    This ground-breaking book is the first-ever study of the role played in musical history by song collectors. This is the first-ever book about song collectors, music's unsung heroes. They include the Armenian priest who sacrificed his life to preserve the folk music which the...
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  • The First 100 Picking Patterns for Guitar: The Beginner's Guide to Perfect Fingerpicking on Guitar by Alexander, Joseph
    Joseph Alexander

    The First 100 Picking Patterns for Guitar: The Beginner's Guide to Perfect Fingerpicking on Guitar

    Master Perfect Fingerpicking on Guitar and Establish a Lifetime of Good HabitsAre you struggling to master fingerpicking on guitar?Are you finding it difficult to coordinate your fingers and keep your picking smooth while you change chords?Do you want to confidently fingerpick chord sequences on...
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  • Joni Mitchell: Lady of the Canyon by O'Neill, Michael A.
    Michael A. O'Neill

    Joni Mitchell: Lady of the Canyon

    This is the story of one of the most important female recording artist of the last 50 years. Joni Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan before busking in the streets and nightclubs of Toronto, Ontario. In 1965, she...
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  • Songs of Ships & Sailors by Lane, Julia
    Julia Lane

    Songs of Ships & Sailors

    Songs and stories about seafaring have a timeless and universal appeal. These songs, drawn from recordings and archives of Maine singers and collectors, tell powerful stories of sailing, fishing, storms, shipwreck, piracy, sea battles, and loved ones left at home. An invaluable resource for...
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  • The Ancient Music of Ireland Arranged for Piano by Bunting, Edward
    Edward Bunting

    The Ancient Music of Ireland Arranged for Piano

    Edward Bunting (1773-1843), the first systematic collector of Irish folksongs, was educated as an organ and piano player in Belfast. His life's work fell upon him at nineteen years old, when he was commissioned as a scribe to notate performances at a gathering of...
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  • The Southern Journey of Alan Lomax: Words, Photographs, and Music by Piazza, Tom
    Tom Piazza

    The Southern Journey of Alan Lomax: Words, Photographs, and Music

    More than fifty years ago, on a trip dubbed "the Southern Journey," Alan Lomax visited Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee, uncovering the little-known southern backcountry and blues music that we now consider uniquely American. Lomax's camera was a constant companion, and his...
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  • Music and Dance Traditions of Ghana: History, Performance and Teaching by Younge, Paschal Yao
    Paschal Yao Younge

    Music and Dance Traditions of Ghana: History, Performance and Teaching

    The music and dance traditions of Ghana's four main ethnic groups are covered comprehensively in this book. It discusses concepts of music, dance and performance in general, and also goes into cultural perspectives, performance practices and the form and structure of 22 musical types...
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  • The Celtic Fake Book: C Edition by Hal Leonard Corp
    Hal Leonard Corp

    The Celtic Fake Book: C Edition

    (Fake Book). The popularity of Celtic music has soared over the last decade due to the resurgence of folk instruments, Celtic dancing, and Irish culture overall. This amazing collection assembles over 400 songs from Ireland, Scotland and Wales complete with Gaelic lyrics where applicable...
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  • Surviving in a Ruthless World: Bob Dylan's Voyage to Infidels by Gans, Terry
    Terry Gans

    Surviving in a Ruthless World: Bob Dylan's Voyage to Infidels

    Bob Dylan's 1983 album Infidels was a departure from his previous works in so many ways - lyrics, music, production and spirit. It is unique amongst Dylan albums, and while songs like 'Jokerman' and 'I and I' are well known, the album is less...
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  • Joan Baez: The Last Leaf by Thomson, Elizabeth
    Elizabeth Thomson

    Joan Baez: The Last Leaf

    Since she stepped onstage unannounced at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez has occupied a singular place in popular music.Within three years, she had recorded three best-selling albums and had embarked on a tour of southern US campuses, playing to integrated audiences in...
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  • South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous 2nd Edition by Broven, John
    John Broven

    South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous 2nd Edition

    A history of the unique sounds of the Cajun Bayous. Extensive research, fieldwork, and personal interviews combine to provide a fascinating look into the sounds of South Louisiana from early Cajun and Cajun-Country through Zydeco and Blues to the Cajun revival as the first...
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  • Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change by Schreiber, Brad
    Brad Schreiber

    Music Is Power: Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change

    Honorable Mention, 2019 Foreword INDIES Awards - Performing Arts & Music Honorable Mention, Graphis 2021 Design Annual Competition​ Popular music has long been a powerful force for social change. Protest songs have served as anthems regarding war, racism, sexism, ecological destruction, and so many...
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  • Songs of Ships & Sailors by Lane, Julia
    Julia Lane

    Songs of Ships & Sailors

    Songs and stories about seafaring have a timeless and universal appeal. These songs, drawn from recordings and archives of Maine singers and collectors, tell powerful stories of sailing, fishing, storms, shipwreck, piracy, sea battles, and loved ones left at home. An invaluable resource for...
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  • Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People by Lomax, Alan
    Alan Lomax

    Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People

    Twenty-seven years in the making (1940-67), this tapestry of nearly two hundred American popular and protest songs was created by three giants of performance and musical research: Alan Lomax, indefatigable collector and preserver; Woody Guthrie, performer and prolific balladeer; and Pete Seeger, entertainer and...
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  • The Mayor of Macdougal Street: A Memoir by Van Ronk, Dave
    Dave Van Ronk

    The Mayor of Macdougal Street: A Memoir

    Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002) was one of the founding figures of the 1960s folk revival, but he was far more than that. A pioneer of modern acoustic blues, a fine songwriter and arranger, a powerful singer, and one of the most influential guitarists of...
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  • John Duffey's Bluegrass Life: FEATURING THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN, SELDOM SCENE, AND WASHINGTON, D.C. - Second Edition by Moore, Stephen
    Stephen Moore

    John Duffey's Bluegrass Life: FEATURING THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN, SELDOM SCENE, AND WASHINGTON, D.C. - Second Edition

    John Duffey's Bluegrass Life: Featuring The Country Gentlemen, Seldom Scene and Washington, D.C. with a Foreword by Tom Gray is the definitive biography of one of bluegrass music's most important artists of the genre. Through his work as a founding member of these two...
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  • Rhythm and Movement: Applications of Dalcroze Eurhythmics by Findlay, Elsa
    Elsa Findlay

    Rhythm and Movement: Applications of Dalcroze Eurhythmics

    Of the three elements of music---rhythm, melody, and harmony---rhythm has received the least attention from the theorists, yet it is indisputably the basic element without which there is no musical art." Such is the first sentence of this book on use of the body...
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  • Our Singing Country: Folk Songs and Ballads by Lomax, John a.
    John a. Lomax

    Our Singing Country: Folk Songs and Ballads

    In the 1930s and 40s, a father-and-son team of folklorists hit the highways, byways and rural routes of the United States, traveling in a battered pickup truck laden with primitive recording equipment. John A. Lomax and his son, Alan, covered thousands of miles, stopping...
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  • Iz: The Ukulele Songbook by Kamakawiwo'ole, Israel Iz
    Israel Iz Kamakawiwo'ole

    Iz: The Ukulele Songbook

    The current worldwide appreciation of ukulele music can easily be traced to one man, Israel Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole. Israel's music conveys joy and hope and is loved the world over. When writing the book From the Corner of His Eye, author Dean Koontz found inspiration...
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