Music-Genres & Styles-Folk & Traditional

Now that the political and economic plight of European Roma and the popularity of their music are objects of international attention, Romani Routes provides a timely and insightful view into Romani communities both in their home countries and in the diaspora. Over the past...

Sandburg was not only a poet but also a noted collector and performer of american folk music. This anthology contains words and music to 290 songs that people have sung in the making of americanca. New Introduction by Garrison Keillor; Prefatory Notes by the...

A tour de force of storytelling years in the making: a dual biography of two of the greatest songwriters, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, that is also a murder mystery and a history of labor relations and socialism, big business and greed in twentieth-century...

From the acclaimed, controversial singer-songwriter Sin饌d O'Connor comes a revelatory memoir of her fraught childhood, musical triumphs, fearless activism, and of the enduring power of song. Blessed with a singular voice and a fiery temperament, Sin饌d O'Connor rose to massive fame in the late...

Pipers takes the reader inside the world of the performer community of Scottish piping, introducing the instrument itself and the various different repertories. It also discusses piping techniques as well as information on some of the great piping dynasties and individual pipers. Dr Willie...

Echo songs, in which a leader sings a phrase and the group repeats it, are some of the most fun and easy-to-learn songs for kids These songs will have children taking part in a joyful music-making experience almost instantly, while indulging their natural tendency...

It is April, 1555, and Juana I of Castile, the Spanish queen known as "la loca," has died after forty-seven years in forced seclusion at Tordesillas. Her last musician, Juan de Granada, refuses to depart with the other servants, forcing two functionaries of the...

Originally published by Andy's Front Hall in 1985, Bertram Levy's Anglo concertina tutor was the first to apply a structured learning approach to mastering this unusual acoustic musical instrument first invented in the 1820's. Written with the beginner in mind it includes detailed printed...

Klezmer is a Yiddish word that means music. But you don't have to be Jewish to appreciate klezmer. There is something about these tunes that awakens an almost uncontrollable desire to dance Klezmer does that. The whole point of The Little Books of Fiddle...

From the acclaimed, controversial singer-songwriter Sin饌d O'Connor comes a revelatory memoir of her fraught childhood, musical triumphs, struggles with illness, and of the enduring power of song.Blessed with a singular voice and a fiery temperament, Sin饌d O'Connor rose to massive fame in the late...

When the story of banjo superstar Earl Scruggs is told, the rich musical environment that produced him is often ignored. During his lifetime Scruggs spun a creation myth around his playing, convincing many that he was the sole originator of a three-finger, up-picking, banjo...

In 2015 University Press of Mississippi published Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s by Harry Bolick and Stephen T. Austin to critical acclaim and commercial success. Roughly half of Mississippi's rich, old-time fiddle tradition was documented in that volume and Harry Bolick...

A group of three friends who made music in a house in Lubbock, Texas, recorded an album that wasn't released and went their separate ways into solo careers. That group became a legend and then--twenty years later--a band. The Flatlanders--Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore,...

Music in Pacific Island Cultures is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, Second Edition, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the...

The story of Ireland--its graces and shortcomings, triumphs and sorrows--is told by ballads, dirges, and humorous songs of its common people. Music is a direct and powerful expression of Irish folk culture and an aspect of Irish life beloved throughout the rest of the...

With Forewords by Alan Lomax and Ron Pen Jean Ritchie is the best known and most respected singer of traditional ballads in the United States. The youngest daughter of one of the most famous American ballad-singing families, the Ritchie family of Perry County, Kentucky,...

(Fake Book). The ultimate collection of over 1,000 folksongs perfect for performers, school teachers, and hobbyists. This book includes a huge variety of songs spanning hundreds of years and originating from America, England, Canada, Britain, Scotland, Ireland, and other countries. It includes all styles...

(Guitar Play-Along). The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily Just follow the tab, listen to the audio to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). A mammoth collection featuring 148 of your all-time folk favorites Includes: Alouette * Camptown Races * Danny Boy * Greensleeves * Guantanamera * Hava Nagila * Home on the Range * The Red River Valley * Shenandoah * Skip to My Lou...

Irish Tunes - Carolan Tunes - Celtic Christmas SongsBook with FREE AUDIO DOWNLOAD (180 tracks - each song played slowly, and faster with ornamentation) A great collection of Celtic music arranged for easy tin whistle. Sheet music and whistle tablatures for 90 well-loved Irish...

In 1933, newly elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt summoned ideas that might allay the financial calamity that characterized the Great Depression of the 1930s. Among the myriad programs Roosevelt initiated was the WPA, the Works Progress Administration (later re-named the Work Projects Administration) that...

From the rollicking welcome of "A Festive Song" to the defiant battle cry of "Watchword of Labor," Songs of Freedom accomplishes the difficult task of making contemporary music out of old revolutionary songs. Far from the archival preservation of embalmed corpses, the inspired performance...

Four classic Ukrainian folk songs composed by Mykola Lysenko. Songs include: Безъ тебе Олесю, Ой зрада кари очи зрада, Юлыве човенъ воды повенъ, Ой у поли тай у Баришполи. Classic Folk Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works...

This book is a collection of 90 traditional Maritime folksongs selected by Kaye Pottie and Vernon Ellis, two of Nova Scotia's most respected music educators. The authors have made extensive use of the famous Helen Creighton collection, and most of the songs included in...

Rock It Come Over describes the music and lore of Slavery from the early sixteenth century through emancipation in 1838 to the mid twentieth century. Lewin explores the role of music in the lives of the slaves as a method of communication, as a...

Liederbuch (in Deutsch und Englisch) mit 12 Gospel Songs / Spirituals, einfach arrangiert (Melodie mit Verzierungen) f r das Spiel mit der Kalimba mit 17 Stimmzungen.Es sind keine Notenkenntnisse n tig - Spielen nach Zahlen / Symbolen Die MP3- Sounds sind in einem Player...

Considered by many to be the greatest Irish song poet of her generation, M ire Bhu N Laeire (Yellow Mary O'Leary; 1774-1848) was an illiterate woman unconnected to elite literary and philosophical circles who powerfully engaged the politics of her own society through song....

Liederbuch (in Deutsch und Englisch) mit 13 traditionelle Songs aus Schottland, einfach arrangiert (Melodie mit Verzierungen) f? das Spiel mit der Kalimba mit 17 Stimmzungen.Es sind keine Notenkenntnisse nig - Spielen nach Zahlen / Symbolen!Die MP3- Sounds sind in einem Player mit regelbarer Abspielgeschwindigkeit...

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...

THE BEST TRADITIONAL SEA SHANTIES AND SONGS OF THE SEA DESIGNED FOR BEGINNERS AND INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS ALIKE EASY-TO-READ TABLATURE - You don't need to know how to read music! PLAY THESE SONGS ON ANY MANDOLIN-FAMILY INSTRUMENT tuned GDAE Here is the latest tablature songbook...

(The Little Black Songbook). The little books with the BIG songs Complete lyrics & chords to over 130 folk favorites in a portable, easy-to-carry format.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 0825635764ISBN-13: 9780825635762Publisher: Music SalesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2006Pages: 284Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 7.44h x 4.68w x 0.73d

The history of the Chieftains over the last thirty-five years is the remarkable tale of how an unlikely group of enthusiasts came together to rescue some of the world's most beautiful music from near-extinction, brought it to an audience of millions, and became stars....

Around 1930, a highly popular and distinctive type of accordion music, commonly known as conjunto, emerged among Texas-Mexicans. Manuel Pe's The Texas-Mexican Con;unto is the first comprehensive study of this unique folk style. The author's exhaustive fieldwork and personal interviews with performers, disc jockeys,...

Volume II builds on the lessons learned in Volume I. In Volume I, much detail is given to the basics. In Volume II, every song that is on my Homespun Dulcimer CD (sold separately)is included so you can listen and play along.Songs Include: Amazing...

A young man, dreaming of conquering the entertainment world, repeatedly copies what went before until he feels in command of the art that inspired him. He succeeds and achieves artistic greatness while simultaneously entertaining the crowds. The language of the street and The Bible...

Starting with getting reliably in tune (with online video bonus content), Simon takes you on a progressive journey through the art of DADGAD Guitar. You will learn open and movable chords, scales and arpeggios in the context of real music, and work your way...

(Book). The Complete Guide to the Gibson Mandolins is a definitive source of information about the company that defined the modern mandolin. From the very beginning when Orville H. Gibson built the first carved-top instruments in the 19th Century to the instruments still being...

It feels great to get into a rhythm! Establishing a feeling for the beat is central to all rhythmic development, and with The Book of Songs and Rhymes with Beat Motions children of all ages can enjoy fun games while developing a feel for...

5 Flamenco Ukulele Solos using Low G tuning.I put together this collection of 5 tunes to explore this exciting guitar form on the ukulele.Tunes included are: Fandangos de Huelva Malaguena Salerosa Soleares Verdiales Zapateado The book includes instructions for necessary flamenco techniques.A resource pack...

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...

This book contains not only more than 400 sea shanties but as much of their history as Stan Hugill could collect in his extraordinary career as sailor, scholar, author, artist, and inspiration to new generations of sea-music enthusiasts and performers.Author: Stan HugillISBN-10: 149306827XISBN-13: 9781493068272Publisher:...

Selling Folk Music: An Illustrated History highlights commercial sources that reveal how folk music has been packaged and sold to a broad, shifting audience in the United States. Folk music has a varied and complex scope and lineage, including the blues, minstrel tunes, Victorian...

Sound Relations delves into histories of Inuit musical life in Alaska to register the significance of sound as integral to self-determination and sovereignty. Offering radical and relational ways of listening to Inuit performances across a range of genres--from hip hop to Christian hymnody and...

A book created wholly by the American Indian - songs, myths, drawings and decorations based on traditional designs - The Indians Book is a treasury of lore for general readers, for teachers, for folk singers. Its musical and folk material derives directly from the...

It's the Cowboy Way tells the full story of the amazing true adventures of group members Ranger Doug, Woody Paul, Too Slim, and Joey "The CowPolka King" for the first time, from their first gigs at "Herr Harry's Phranks 'N' Steins," in Nashville, to...

Klezmer is Yiddish music, the music of the Jews of Europe and America, a music of laughter and tears, of weddings and festivals, of dancing and prayer. Born in the Middle Ages, it came of age in the shtetl (the Eastern European Jewish country...

The second of two volumes, this companion to every song that Bob Dylan ever wrote is the most comprehensive book on the words of America's greatest songwriter. Clinton Heylin is the world's leading Dylan biographer and expert, and he has arranged the songs--including a...

Favorite American folk songs, filled with magic, wonder, and make-believe, come to life for today's children with The Book of Children's Songtales. Encouraging a child's imagination to grow, storytelling combines with music to create some of the best-loved songs of childhood. Easy to learn...

'Like Kabir's "brilliant palace" (meaning the human body), this collection of poetry and reflection glows with vibrant colours... This book is a doorway to the living traditions of South Asia's great mystical poetry. Step in to find joy, sorrow, wisdom, humour, love, challenge, and...

A comprehensive look at another side of the famous topical songwriter Phil Ochs, showcasing his prose and poetry from across the full span of his life.Author: Phil OchsISBN-10: 1493051474ISBN-13: 9781493051472Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2020Pages: 344Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 8.30h x 6.30w x 1.30dReview Citation(s): Library...