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Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook by Peter Blood Publisher Comments Lyrics and guitar chords for nearly 1,200 songs are arranged in a compact, easy-to-use format in this comprehensive collection. Folk revival favorites; Broadway show tunes; Beatles songs; hymns, spirituals, and gospel standards; songs about peace... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Spiral 
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Bound for Glory: The Hard-Driving, Truth-Telling Autobiography of America's Great Poet-Folk Singer by Woody Guthrie Publisher Comments Woody Guthrie was born in Oklahoma and traveled this whole country over--not by jet or motorcycle, but by box-car, thumb, and foot. During the journey of discovery that was his life, he composed and sang words and music that have become a national... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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How Can I Keep from Singing?: The Ballad of Pete Seeger by David King Dunaway Publisher Comments How Can I Keep from Singing? is the compelling story of how the son of a respectable Puritan family became a consummate performer and American rebel. Updated with new research and interviews, unpublished photographs, and thoughtful comments from Pete... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Rose and Briar : Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad (05 Edition) by Sean Wilentz Publisher Comments THE BALLAD has been part of American history since before the country had a name. In this book, Sean Wilentz and Greil Marcus have assembled an astonishing group of writers and artists--Paul Muldoon, Stanley Crouch, R. Crumb, Jon Langford of the Mekons... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Positively 4TH Street : the Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, MIMI Baez Farina, and Richard Farina (01 Edition) by David Hajdu Publisher Comments When twenty-five-year-old Bob Dylan wrecked his motorcycle near Woodstock in 1966 and dropped out of the public eye, he was already recognized as a genius, a youth idol with an acid wit and a barbwire throat; and Greenwich Village, where he first made... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Girls Like Us (08 Edition) by Sheila Weller Publisher Comments A groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists -- Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon -- charts their lives as women at a magical moment in time. Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War (Music in American Life) by Dena J Epstein Publisher Comments "This book is awarded both the Chicago Folklore Prize and the Simkins Prize of the Southern Historical Association. From the plaintive tunes of woe sung by exiled kings and queens of Africa to the spirited work songs and ""shouts"" of freedmen, in... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $30.00 Used - Trade Paper
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And a Voice to Sing with: A Memoir by Joan Baez Publisher Comments Fifty years after her stunning debut at the Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez remains a musical force of nature whose influence is incalculable. Her voice is part of the soundtrack of a generation, and her commitment to social justice helped form its... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country with CD (Audio) by R. Crumb Publisher Comments Crumb's "Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats," and "Pioneers of Country Music" trading card sets--created in the early to- mid-1980s--are packaged together for the first time in book form, along with an exclusive 21-track CD of music selected and... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover
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Polkabilly: How the Goose Island Ramblers Redefined American Folk Music (American Musicspheres) by James Leary Publisher Comments A freewheeling blend of continental European folk music and the songs, tunes, and dances of Anglo and Celtic immigrants, polkabilly has enthralled American musicians and dancers since the mid-19th century. From West Virginia coal camps and east Texas... (read more) List Price $58.95 Your price: $16.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways by Richard Carlin Publisher Comments A man, a microphone, and a dream When he opened his tiny recording studio in New York in 1940, Moses Asch had a larger-than-life dream: To document and record all the sounds of his time. He created Folkways Records to achieve his goal, not just a record... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina, and Richard Farina by David Hajdu Publisher Comments The story of how four young bohemians on the make - Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mimi Baez, and Richard Farina - converged in Greenwich Village, fell into love, and invented a sound and a style that are one of the most lasting legacies of the 1960s When Bob... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller Publisher Comments A groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists -- Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon -- charts their lives as women at a magical moment in time. Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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To Live's to Fly: The Ballad of the Late Great Townes Van Zandt by John Kruth Publisher Comments At last, the authorized biography of Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997), who wrote such unforgettable songs as "Pancho & Lefty" and "If I Needed You." Born to a wealthy oil family in Ft. Worth, Texas, hounded by alcoholism and an unshakable depression, Van... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Everybody Says Freedom: A History of the Civil Rights Movement in Songs and Pictures by Bob Reiser Publisher Comments In words, photographs, and music, Pete Seeger and Bob Reiser tell the story of the civil rights movement, building their narrative around the accounts of people involved and the songs that inspired their struggle. It documents the sit-ins, freedom rides,... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Trade Paper
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No Depression No. 76: Surveying the Past, Present, and Future of American Music by Grant (edt) Alden Publisher Comments From its debut in 1995 as a 32-page quarterly magazine to its zenith ten years later as a 180-page bimonthly, No Depression magazine grew from humble beginnings. It became the most prominent publication covering American roots music, starting from the... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Alan Lomax; Selected Writings, 1934-1997 by Ronald Cohen Publisher Comments Alan Lomax is a legendary figure in American folk music circles. Although he published many books, hundreds of recordings and dozens of films, his contributions to popular and academic journals have never been collected. This collection of writings... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $29.99 New - Book W/Audio Cd
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American Klezmer by Mark Slobin Publisher Comments A collection of essays on various aspects of klezmer music in America, including its early history, its social role in Jewish communities, and its musical evolution. Several essays are devoted to the social and cultural implications of klezmer's vigorous... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Negro Folk Music, U.S.A. by Harold Courlander Publisher Comments Among the first and finest studies of African-American folk music, this book focuses primarily on the origins and musical qualities of typical genres ranging from simple cries and calls to anthems and spirituals, ballads and the blues. Authentic versions... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music by Amanda Petrusich Publisher Comments Part travelogue, part musical history, Amanda Petrusich's It Still Moves outlines the sounds of the new, weird America--honoring the rich traditions of gospel, blues, country, folk, and rock that feed it while simultaneously exploring the American... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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