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Society's Child by Janis Ian Publisher Comments Grammy Awardawinning singer and songwriter Janis Ianas memoir of her more than forty years in the music business. Janis Ian was catapulted into the spotlight in 1966 at the age of fifteen when her soul-wrenching song aSocietyas Childa became a national... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover 
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My Red Blood: A Memoir of Growing Up Communist, Coming Onto the Greenwich Village Folk Scene, and Coming Out in the Feminist Movemen by Alix Dobkin Publisher Comments Women's music legend Alix Dobkin for the first time chronicles her rise to fame as the first artist to record an openly lesbian album in 1973. Her story, however, opens much earlier in postwar New York City, where, growing up in a Communist family, she... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Woody Guthrie: A Life by Joe Klein Publisher Comments Perhaps now best known as an acclaimed (and bestselling) author of fiction, Joe Klein has for nearly three decades been one of contemporary journalism's premiere reporters. In "Woody Guthrie: A Life", Klein's signature style of insightful narrative... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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 Updated with new research and interviews, unpublished photographs, and thoughtful comments from Pete...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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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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Singing for Freedom: The Hutchinson Family Singers and the Nineteenth-Century Culture of Reform by Scott Gac Publisher Comments In the two decades prior to the Civil War, the Hutchinson Family Singers of New Hampshire became America’ s most popular musical act. Out of a Baptist revival upbringing, John, Asa, Judson, and Abby Hutchinson transformed themselves in the... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $23.50 Used - Hardcover
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Seeds of man :an experience lived and dreamed by Woody Guthrie Publisher Comments Seeds of Man is based on Woody Guthrie’s adventurous 1931 trip through Texas. Nineteen-year-old Woody, accompanied by family members, drives from Pampa in the Panhandle to the rugged Big Bend country in a wheezing Model-T Ford truck. They are... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Charles Ives: A Life with Music by Jan Swafford Publisher Comments Jan Swafford's colorful biography first unfolds in Ives's Connecticut hometown of Danbury, then follows Ives to Yale and on to his years in New York, where he began his double career as composer and insurance executive. The Charles Ives that emerges from... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Society's Child: My Autobiography by Janis Ian Publisher Comments Janis Ian was catapulted into the spotlight in 1966 at the age of fifteen, when her soul-wrenching song Society's Child became a hit. An intimate portrait of an interracial relationship, Society's Child climbed the charts despite the fact that many radio... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $13.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie by Ed Cray Publisher Comments A patriot and a political radical, Woody Guthrie captured the spirit of his times in his enduring songs. He was marked by the FBI as a subversive. He lived in fear of the fatal fires that stalked his family and of the mental illness that snared his... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Singing Lessons: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Hope, Healing by Judy Collins Publisher Comments For the millions who know Judy Collins' unforgettable music, this remarkable memoir will come as no surprise. A moving account of growth and healing, memory and rebirth, dreams and meditations, this is Judy's heart statement, imbued with the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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To Everything There Is a Season: Pete Seeger and the Power of Song [With CD (Audio)] (New Narratives in American History) by Allan M Winkler Publisher Comments ***Complimentary CD of 10 of Pete Seeger's greatest hits included*** Folk music has long played a vital role in supporting reform movements in the United States. Radical activists, seeking to counter a variety of abuses in mid-to-late 20th century... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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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 $133.50 Your price: $52.00 Used - Hardcover
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Singing Lessons: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Hope, and Healing with CD (Audio) by Judy Collins Publisher Comments For the millions who know Judy Collins' unforgettable music, this remarkable memoir will come as no surprise. A moving account of growth and healing, memory and rebirth, dreams and meditations, this is Judy's heart statement, imbued with the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Mayor of Macdougal Street by Dave Van Ronk Publisher Comments 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 the... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Sing It Pretty: A Memoir (Music in American Life) by Bess Lomax Hawes Publisher Comments A leader in the development of state and federal programs supporting traditional arts and folk cultures, Bess Lomax Hawes grew up with her father John Lomax and brother Alan in the first family of American folk music. Her compelling account of the folk... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Steve Goodman: Facing the Music by Clay Eals Publisher Comments Steve Goodman wrote Good mornin' America, how are ya into the nation's consciousness, becoming one of the most respected singer/songwriters of the 1970s and early 80s. With warmth and wit, he charmed better-known peers, top critics, and countless fans... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $20.00 Used - Softcvr W/Comp Media
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The Protest Singer: An Intimate Portrait of Pete Seeger by Alec Wilkinson Publisher Comments A true American original is brought to life in this rich and lively portrait of Pete Seeger, who, with his musical grace and inextinguishable passion for social justice, transformed folk singing into a high form of peaceful protest in the second half of... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Hardcover
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How Can I Keep from Singing: Pete Seeger by David Dunaway Publisher Comments Who is this skinny, 78-year-old man with the five-string banjo, whose performances over five decades have touched millions of people? Entertainer? Composer? Communist? Bob Dylan once called him a "saint." Joan Baez has said, "We all owe our careers to... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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