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Will You Take Me as I Am: Joni Mitchell's Blue Period by Michelle Mercer Publisher Comments Joni Mitchell is one of the most celebrated artists of the last half century, and her landmark 1971 album, Blue, is one of her most beloved and revered works. Generations of people have come of age listening to the album, inspired by the way it clarified... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $17.50 Used - 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 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: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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American Ballads and Folk Songs by John A. Lomax Publisher Comments Music and lyrics for over 200 songs. John Henry, Goin' Home, Little Brown Jug, Alabama-Bound, Ten Thousand Miles from Home, Shack Bully Holler, Black Betty, The Hammer Song, Bad Man Ballad, Jesse James, Down in the Valley, The Bear in the Hill, Shortenin'... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Music Room: A Memoir by Namita Devidayal Publisher Comments When Namita is ten years old, her mother takes her to Kennedy Bridge, a seamy neighborhood in Bombay, home to hookers and dance girls. There, in a cramped one-room apartment lives Dhondutai, the last living disciple of two of the finest Indian classical... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $19.95 Sale - Hardcover
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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 Updated with new research and interviews, unpublished photographs, and thoughtful comments from Pete...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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Around the Campfire by Paul &. Mary Peter Publisher Comments New arrangements of 25 classic hits as performed by this folk-rock trio. Titles include: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? * Puff (The Magic Dragon) * Michael Row the Boat Ashore * Leaving on a Jet Plane * If I Had a Hammer * Day Is Done * Blowin' in the... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $18.75 New - Trade Paper
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Baby, Let Me Follow You Down: The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years by Eric Von Schmidt Publisher Comments "A lavish, comprehensive portrait of a particular place and time that shaped so much of the folk music community today....A masterpiece of oral history (that) demands a position on any folkie's must read list". -- Folk Alliance... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Bound for Glory (UK Edition) by Woody Guthrie Publisher Comments Autobiography of America's greatest folksinger, his life in an Oklahoma town, his travels during the Depression and his death in 1967 in New York.... (read more) Your price: $16.50 New - Mass Market
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Folksong Fake Book (Fake Books) by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation (edt) Publisher Comments 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... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Hank Williams Complete by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Publisher Comments This comprehensive compilation contains every song written by country music legend Hank Williams. Includes 128 in all: Cold, Cold Heart * Hey, Good Lookin' * Honky Tonkin' * I Ain't Got Nothing but Time * I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) *... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Alan Lomax: Selected Writings 1934-1997 with CDROM by Alan Lomax Publisher Comments "Alan Lomax bibliography": p. 345-347. Includes bibliographical references and index.... (read more) Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover
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Lives in Chinese Music by Helen (edt) Rees Publisher Comments Until recently, most scholarly work on Chinese music in both Chinese and Western languages has focused on genres, musical structure, and general history and concepts, rather than on the musicians themselves. This volume breaks new ground by focusing on... (read more) Your price: $53.50 New - 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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Our Singing Country: Folk Songs and Ballads by John A Lomax Publisher Comments Melodies and words for over 200 authentic folk songs and ballads from all parts of the country -- spirituals, hollers, game songs, lullabies, courting songs, work songs, Cajun airs, breakdowns, many more.... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots Music (Cultural Studies of the United States) by Benjamin Filene Publisher Comments Benjamin Filene examines the competing visions of America's musical past--and the cultural middlemen who shaped these visions--that have vied for influence over the public imagination in this century. This book brings to light the relationship between... (read more) Your price: $29.25 New - Trade Paper
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American Song Treasury : 100 Favorites (86 Edition) by Theodore Raph Publisher Comments Wonderful sing-along favorites with easy-to-play piano arrangements, guitar chords, and complete lyrics: Greensleeves, Auld Lang Syne, Down in the Valley, My Wild Irish Rose, Yellow Rose of Texas, and many more.... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp Publisher Comments In her own, beautiful, simple words, the Baroness Maria Augusta Trapp tells the dramatic story that inspired the classic American musical The Sound of Music.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Songs of the Sailor: Working Chanteys at Mystic Seaport by Glenn Grasso Publisher Comments Mystic Seaports interpretation programs include a strong sea-music component represented by a staff of eight musicians. This book of chanteys, spiral-bound to open flat for music-stand or other placement, consists of 25 classic sea songs and some of... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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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 $50.00 Your price: $16.98 Sale - Hardcover
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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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