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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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  • 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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  • We Never Knew Just What It Was ... The Story of the Chad Mitchell Trio by Murphey, Mike
    Mike Murphey

    We Never Knew Just What It Was ... The Story of the Chad Mitchell Trio

    Of all the groups to emerge during the folk era of the 1960's, first the Chad Mitchell Trio and later The Mitchell Trio were unequivocally the best. Their complex harmonies, sense of comedic timing and stage presence were unique to the folk movement. They...
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  • Rural Rhythm: The Story of Old-Time Country Music in 78 Records by Russell, Tony
    Tony Russell

    Rural Rhythm: The Story of Old-Time Country Music in 78 Records

    There are many biographies and histories of early country music and its creators, but surprisingly little attention has been given to the actual songs at the heart of these narratives. In this groundbreaking book, music historian Tony Russell turns the spotlight on seventy-eight original...
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  • I'll Be Here in the Morning: The Songwriting Legacy of Townes Van Zandt by Atkinson, Brian T.
    Brian T. Atkinson

    I'll Be Here in the Morning: The Songwriting Legacy of Townes Van Zandt

    The writer of such influential songs as "Pancho and Lefty," "To Live's to Fly," "If I Needed You," and "For the Sake of the Song," Townes Van Zandt exerted an influence on at least two generations of Texas musicians that belies his relatively brief,...
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  • John Denver by Denver, John
    John Denver

    John Denver

    (Guitar Chord Songbook). A little book featuring a big selection of 50 Denver favorites, presented with just the lyrics and chords: all you need to strum and sing away Songs include: Annie's Song * Autograph * Back Home Again * Calypso * Fly Away...
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  • Old Jewish Folk Music: The Collections and Writings of Moshe Beregovski by Slobin, Mark
    Mark Slobin

    Old Jewish Folk Music: The Collections and Writings of Moshe Beregovski

    Here, translated into English for the first time, is a cultur-al record of the folk music of Eastern Europe. This volume consists of some of Ethnomusicologist Moshe Beregovski's responses to Jewish folk music in its living context during the 1930s, including essays on Ukrainian...
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  • Rose & the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad by Marcus, Greil
    Greil Marcus

    Rose & the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad

    Praised by Robbie Robertson of The Band as "a classic & a ticket to ride," The Rose & the Briar assembles an astonishing group of writers and artists: Paul Muldoon, Stanley Crouch, R. Crumb, Jon Langford of the Mekons, Sharyn McCrumb, Luc Sante, Joyce...
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  • Tommy Emmanuel's Fingerstyle Guitar Milestones by Emmanuel, Tommy
    Tommy Emmanuel

    Tommy Emmanuel's Fingerstyle Guitar Milestones

    Master Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar Technique - Tommy Emmanuel Style In his new book Fingerstyle Guitar Milestones, he breaks down his acoustic guitar technique and teaches it to you, pick by pick It is perfect for the early intermediate player who wants to develop thumb...
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  • The Shanty Book: Lyrics and Music by Terry, Richard Runciman
    Richard Runciman Terry

    The Shanty Book: Lyrics and Music

    The Shanty BookLyrics and MusicSea ShantiesBy Richard Runciman TerryA sea shanty, chantey, or chanty is a type of work song that was once commonly sung to accompany labor on board large merchant sailing vessels. The term shanty most accurately refers to a specific style...
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  • The Best Dulcimer Method Yet by Gamse, Albert
    Albert Gamse

    The Best Dulcimer Method Yet

    (Ashley Publications). Easy instructions plus 139 selections by Albert Gamse for all 3 and 4 string dulcimers.Author: Albert GamseISBN-10: 082565369XISBN-13: 9780825653698Publisher: Ashley PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1996Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 12.00h x 8.94w x 0.30d
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  • The Dylan Tapes: Friends, Players, and Lovers Talkin' Early Bob Dylan by Scaduto, Anthony
    Anthony Scaduto

    The Dylan Tapes: Friends, Players, and Lovers Talkin' Early Bob Dylan

    The raw material and interviews behind Anthony Scaduto's iconic biography of Bob Dylan draw an intimate and multifaceted portrait of the singer-songwriter who defined his era When Anthony Scaduto's Bob Dylan: An Intimate Biography was first published in 1971, the Nobel Prize-winning songwriter, at...
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  • Who Killed Cock Robin?: British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment by Sedley, Stephen
    Stephen Sedley

    Who Killed Cock Robin?: British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment

    Now in paperback, an entertaining and enlightening compendium at the intersection of two great British folk traditions: song and encounters with the law. At the heart of traditional songs rest the concerns of ordinary people. And folk throughout the centuries have found themselves entangled...
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  • I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like: Mostly True Tall Tales by Snider, Todd
    Todd Snider

    I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like: Mostly True Tall Tales

    For years, Todd Snider has been one of the most beloved country-folk singers in the United States, compared to Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, John Prine, and dozens of others. He's become not only a new-century Dylan but a modern-day Will Rogers, an everyman whose...
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  • Wilcopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to the Music of America's Best Band by Cook Johnson, Daniel
    Daniel Cook Johnson

    Wilcopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to the Music of America's Best Band

    Wilcopedia is a comprehensive guide to the music of the preeminent US rock band of the twenty-first century. It offers a thorough appraisal of the entire Wilco canon, with detailed insights into every album and song the band have released, as well as side...
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  • The Irish Songbook: 75 Songs from the Clancy Brothers by The Clancy Brothers
    The Clancy Brothers

    The Irish Songbook: 75 Songs from the Clancy Brothers

    (Music Sales America). 75 songs collected, adapted, written and sung by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Piano/vocal plus chords. Illustrated.Author: The Clancy BrothersISBN-10: 0825602378ISBN-13: 9780825602375Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 12.09h x 9.09w x 0.55d
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  • Squeeze This!: A Cultural History of the Accordion in America by Jacobson, Marion
    Marion Jacobson

    Squeeze This!: A Cultural History of the Accordion in America

    No other instrument has witnessed such a dramatic rise to popularity--and precipitous decline--as the accordion. Squeeze This! is the first history of the piano accordion and the first book-length study of the accordion as a uniquely American musical and cultural phenomenon. Ethnomusicologist and accordion...
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  • The Book of Fingerplays & Action Songs: Revised Edition by Feierabend, John
    John Feierabend

    The Book of Fingerplays & Action Songs: Revised Edition

    From "The Wheels on the Bus" to "Eensy Weensy Spider," these classic songs combine movement and music to create a high-energy, fun experience for children. At the same time, children learn coordination skills and the musical concepts of form and expression. Easy to learn...
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  • Minstrel of the Appalachians: The Story of BASCOM Lamar Lunsford by Jones, Loyal
    Loyal Jones

    Minstrel of the Appalachians: The Story of BASCOM Lamar Lunsford

    It is said that Bascom Lamar Lunsford would "cross hell on a rotten rail to get a folk song" -- his Southern highlands folk-song compilations now constitute one of the largest collections of its kind in the Library of Congress -- but he did...
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  • The Martin Ukulele: The Little Instrument That Helped Create a Guitar Giant by King, John
    John King

    The Martin Ukulele: The Little Instrument That Helped Create a Guitar Giant

    (Book). The Martin Ukulele is a detailed look at the ukuleles built by the C. F. Martin Co. of Nazareth, PA, and at how the instruments' success forever changed the company that made them. Martin's ukulele-making led the small, respected builder of fine guitars...
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  • Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland (Book/Online Audio) by O'Canainn, Tomas
    Tomas O'Canainn

    Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland (Book/Online Audio)

    (Music Sales America). This book is a major collection of traditional Irish slow airs that captures the essence and beauty of Irish traditional music. Included in the 118 airs that make up this fabulous compilation, are some of the great sean-nos (old style) airs...
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  • Songs of the Civil War by Silber, Irwin
    Irwin Silber

    Songs of the Civil War

    "Admirable . . . destined to become the standard of its period." -- The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the turmoil and tragedy of America's Civil War came an outpouring of song that was clearly no longer European in inspiration, but distinctively American, born...
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  • Favorite Christmas Carols by Cofone, Charles J. F.
    Charles J. F. Cofone

    Favorite Christmas Carols

    Charles J.F. Cofone selected the liveliest and most accurate translations of the lyrics of 34 favorite Christmas carols, including "Away in a Manger, The First Noel" and "O Come, All Ye Faithful". Guitar chord symbols are also provided.Author: Charles J. F. CofoneISBN-10: 0486204456ISBN-13: 9780486204451Publisher:...
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  • Gypsies and Flamenco: The Emergence of the Art of Flamenco in Andalusia, Interface Collection Volume 6 by Leblon, Bernard
    Bernard Leblon

    Gypsies and Flamenco: The Emergence of the Art of Flamenco in Andalusia, Interface Collection Volume 6

    This definitive work on the contribution of the Gypsies to the development of flamenco traces their influences on music from their long migration from India, through Iran, Turkey, Greece, and Hungary, to their persecution in Spain. This new updated edition provides fuller explanations of...
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  • The Cape Breton Fiddle Companion by Doherty, Liz
    Liz Doherty

    The Cape Breton Fiddle Companion

    Celtic music scholar and musician Liz Doherty is no stranger to Cape Breton music - in fact, she has made a study of it. Doherty's exposure to, and research of, the island's music traditions was the germination for this compendium on the Cape Breton...
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  • Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1957-1973 by Heylin, Clinton
    Clinton Heylin

    Revolution in the Air

    By far the most comprehensive book on Bob Dylan's words ever written, including a number of songs that no one has ever heard, this first volume will fundamentally change how his lyrics are interpreted and understood. Arranged in a surprising chronology of when they...
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  • Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark by Saviano, Tamara
    Tamara Saviano

    Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark

    Winner, 2016 the Belmont Book Award, Sponsored by the International Country Music ConferenceFor more than forty years, Guy Clark wrote and recorded unforgettable songs. His lyrics and melodies paint indelible portraits of the people, places, and experiences that shaped him. He has served as...
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  • MusicScapes of Scotland: Vignettes from Prehistory to Pandemic by Pearlman, Edward
    Edward Pearlman

    MusicScapes of Scotland: Vignettes from Prehistory to Pandemic

    Journey through a music and culture that is rich and varied, influential in western folk and classical music, and yet relatively little examined in its own right. Let this book be your tour guide to the nooks and crannies of an amazing musical landscape....
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  • The Folk: Music, Modernity, and the Political Imagination by Cole, Ross
    Ross Cole

    The Folk: Music, Modernity, and the Political Imagination

    Who are "the folk" in folk music? This book traces the musical culture of these elusive figures in Britain and the US during a crucial period of industrialization from 1870 to 1930, and beyond to the contemporary alt-right. Drawing on a broad, interdisciplinary range...
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  • The Book of Beginning Circle Games: Revised Edition by Feierabend, John M.
    John M. Feierabend

    The Book of Beginning Circle Games: Revised Edition

    Circle games are one of the principal joys of childhood, especially when played with a group of friends outdoors. From "The Farmer in the Dell" to "London Bridge," these games encourage social skills, cognitive development, creativity, language development, motor skills, and of course music...
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  • Representing Russia's Orient: From Ethnography to Art Song by Issiyeva, Adalyat
    Adalyat Issiyeva

    Representing Russia's Orient: From Ethnography to Art Song

    What is the place of ethnic minorities in the identity and culture of the majority? What happens when the colonizer appropriates the culture of the colonized? Throughout Russia's nineteenth-century expansion into the Caucasus and Central Asia, Russian intellectuals struggled with these questions that cut...
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  • Folk Songs for Banjo: 40 Traditional American Folk Songs Arranged for Clawhammer Banjo by Hal Leonard Corp
    Hal Leonard Corp

    Folk Songs for Banjo: 40 Traditional American Folk Songs Arranged for Clawhammer Banjo

    (Banjo). 40 traditional American folk songs arranged for clawhammer banjo, including: Amazing Grace * Arkansas Traveler * Beautiful Brown Eyes * The Blue Tail Fly (Jimmy Crack Corn) * Buffalo Gals (Won't You Come Out Tonight?) * (I Wish I Was In) Dixie *...
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  • The Book of Call & Response: Revised Edition by Feierabend, John
    John Feierabend

    The Book of Call & Response: Revised Edition

    Whether sung around a campfire, in a classroom, or on a family road trip, call and response songs, in which a leader sings a phrase and a group sings back a reply, are a wonderful interactive experience for kids Because they are easy to...
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  • Phish's a Live One by Holland, Walter
    Walter Holland

    Phish's a Live One

    Twenty years after its release, Phish's double-CD collection A Live One has something rare and precious going for it: it still doesn't sound like anybody else. Oversized, perverse, requiring an unusual amount of listener background knowledge? Yes to all. Yet the collective improvisations it...
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  • Great Family Songbook: A Treasury of Favorite Show Tunes, Sing Alongs, Popular Songs, Jazz & Blues, Children's Melodies, International Ballad by Fox, Dan
    Dan Fox

    Great Family Songbook: A Treasury of Favorite Show Tunes, Sing Alongs, Popular Songs, Jazz & Blues, Children's Melodies, International Ballad

    A one-of-a-kind collection of more than 100 songs you love to play and sing, including music and chords for piano and guitar and lyrics for singing right along. The Great Family Songbook lays flat with a convenient spiral binding, so everyone can follow along....
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  • Ships, Sea Songs and Shanties - Collected by W. B. Whall, Master Mariner by Whall, W. B.
    W. B. Whall

    Ships, Sea Songs and Shanties - Collected by W. B. Whall, Master Mariner

    First published in 1910, "Ships, Sea Songs and Shanties" is a vintage collection of traditional sailing songs, collected and published in this volume by W. B. Whall. Originally appearing in the "Nautical Magazine and Yachting Monthly", the songs come complete with lyrics and sheet...
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  • First Time Ever: A Memoir by Seeger, Peggy
    Peggy Seeger

    First Time Ever: A Memoir

    A superbly wrought memoir from one of folk music's most respected and influential musicians A Guardian, Sunday Times, Observer, Telegraph and Financial Times Book of the Year The musician Peggy Seeger has lived a life full of art and passion, family and separation, tragedy,...
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