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Let's Make Some Noise: Ax--and--eacute; and the African Roots of Brazilian Popular Music by Clarence Bernard Henry Publisher Comments An exploration of the history and intent behind the song lyrics of a great American folk... (read more) Your price: $25.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic 
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Exploring American Folk Music: Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions in the United States (American Made Music) by Kip Lornell Publisher Comments The perfect introduction to the many strains of American-made... (read more) Your price: $36.75 New - Trade Paper
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Bob Dylan: Constant Sorrow by Jeff Perkins Publisher Comments DVDs feature candid interviews with Dylan, complemented by a wealth of informative insights from dedicated musicologists, journalists, and critics who toured with him Encompassing the complete inside story of the man and his music, this... (read more) Your price: $49.95 New - Hardcover
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Squeeze This!: A Cultural History of the Accordion in America (Folklore Studies in Multicultural World) by Marion S. Jacobson Publisher Comments 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... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music by Rob Young Publisher Comments A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2011 title In the late 1960s, with popular culture hurtling forward on the sounds of rock music, some brave musicians looked back instead, trying to recover the lost treasures of English roots music and update them for... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Trade Paper
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Yellow Music : Media Culture and Colonial Modernity in the Chinese Jazz Age (01 Edition) by Andrew Jones Publisher Comments Yellow Music is the first history of the emergence of Chinese popular music and urban media culture in early-twentieth-century China. Andrew F. Jones focuses on the affinities between “yellow” or “pornographic” music—as... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $18.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A New Anthology of Art Songs by African American Composers with CD (Audio) by Margaret R. Simmons Publisher Comments A diverse repertoire of art songs for piano and voice The art song—a delicate and inspiring blend of music and poetry—has been performed by singers and pianists and appreciated by audiences around the world for more than two hundred... (read more) Your price: $36.25 New - Spiral
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The Bluebird Cafe Scrapbook: Music and Memories from Nashville's Legendary Singer-Songwriter Showcase by Amy Kurland Publisher Comments There's a little bistro in a small strip mall in Nashville, Tennessee. Twenty years ago owner Amy Kurland flung open its doors, and Music City's greatest unsung singer-songwriters ambled in. It was there that Garth Brooks performed his earliest gigs... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Narcocorrido: A Journey Into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas by Elijah Wald Publisher Comments In the first full-length exploration of the contemporary and controversial Mexican corrido, award-winning author Elijah Wald blends a travel narrative with his search for the roots of this genre -- a modern outlaw music that fuses the sensibilities of... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Rebel Radio Diary by Rupert Mould Publisher Comments Beautifully evocative of the music, people, and culture of one of the most fascinating countries in the world, this book is essential reading for Cuba's growing band of supporters and visitors. A travelogue detailing two separate missions for musician... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Songs for Fat People: Affect, Emotion, and Celebrity in the Russian Popular Song, 1900-1955 by David MacFadyen Publisher Comments David MacFadyen traces the careers of early 20th century Russian singers such as Izabella Iur'eva, Tamara Tsereteli, and others who struggled to continue to perform as they fled the dangers of a Soviet society that had little patience for cafe-culture... (read more) Your price: $95.00 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Electric Folk: The Changing Face of English Traditional Music by Britta Sweers Publisher Comments In the 1960s and 1970s, a number of British musicians rediscovered traditional folk ballads, fusing the old melodies with rock, jazz, and blues styles to create a new genre dubbed "electric folk" or "British folk rock." This revival featured groups such... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $37.00 Google eBooks - Electronic
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A History of Folk Music Festivals in the United States: Feasts of Musical Celebration by Ronald D. Cohen Publisher Comments This book presents a history of folk music festivals in the United States, beginning in the 19th century and ending in the early 21st century. The focus is on the proliferation and diversity of festivals in the 20th century.... (read more) List Price $49.50 Your price: $47.64 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Singing Out: An Oral History of America's Folk Music Revivals (Oxford Oral History) by David King Dunaway Publisher Comments Intimate, anecdotal, and spell-binding, Singing Out offers a fascinating oral history of the North American folk music revivals and folk music. Culled from more than 150 interviews recorded from 1976 to 2006, this captivating story spans seven decades... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Richard Dyer-Bennet by Paul Jenkins Publisher Comments A biography of the first solo folk musician to play Carnegie Hall and a staunch preserver of European... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $26.62 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Way of the Ship: Sailors, Shanties and Shantymen by Richard Runciman Terry Publisher Comments "This book is a gold mine for anyone who wants to know how the sea shanty was authentically used and sung." They say that sea shanties-authentic sea shanties-are no more. They died with the sailing ship, and will never again be heard in their original... (read more) List Price $13.47 Your price: $11.95 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Daniel O'Donnell's Ireland: Songs and Scenes from My Homeland by Daniel O'donnell Publisher Comments Daniel O'Donnell is a musical phenomenon, with millions of dedicated fans on both sides of the Atlantic. Following the tremendous success of his autobiography and the illustrated My Pictures and Places comes a brand new book from the Irish superstar.... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Indian Music and the West by Gerry Farrell Publisher Comments Indian Music and the West examines perceptions and representations of Indian music in the West over a period of two hundred years, ranging from orientalist studies of Indian history and culture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to the adoption... (read more) Your price: $74.25 New - Trade Paper
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Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People by Pete Seeger Publisher Comments 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... (read more) Available September 2012 Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Highlife Music in West Africa by Sonny Oti Synopsis Highlife Music in West Africa is an excursion into the origins and development of an extraordinary music form. Highlife music is essentially an urban music, but unlike dance music performed using Western musical instruments, its dynamism is based less in... (read more) Your price: $30.50 New - Trade Paper
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