Political Folk Music in America from Its Origins to Bob Dylan

Political Folk Music in America from Its Origins to Bob Dylan
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 214
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ISBN-10 : 9780786456017
ISBN-13 : 0786456019
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Book Synopsis Political Folk Music in America from Its Origins to Bob Dylan by : Lawrence J. Epstein

Download or read book Political Folk Music in America from Its Origins to Bob Dylan written by Lawrence J. Epstein and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many American folk singers have tried to leave their world a better place by writing songs of social protest. Musicians like Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez sang with fierce moral voices to transform what they saw as an uncaring society. But the personal tales of these guitar-toting idealists were often more tangled than the comparatively pure vision their art would suggest. Many singers produced work in the midst of personal failure and deeply troubled relationships, and under the influence of radical ideas and organizations. This provocative work examines both the long tradition of folk music in its American political context and the lives of those troubadours who wrote its most enduring songs.


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