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A New History of American and Canadian Folk Music (Hardcover)
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A New History of American and Canadian Folk Music (Hardcover)
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Building on his 2006 book, Which Side Are You On?, Dick Weissman's
A New History of American and Canadian Folk Music presents a
provocative discussion of the history, evolution, and current
status of folk music in the United States and Canada. North
American folk music achieved a high level of popular acceptance in
the late 1950s. When it was replaced by various forms of rock
music, it became a more specialized musical niche, fragmenting into
a proliferation of musical styles. In the pop-folk revival of the
1960s, artists were celebrated or rejected for popularizing the
music to a mass audience. In particular the music seemed to embrace
a quest for authenticity, which has led to endless explorations of
what is or is not faithful to the original concept of traditional
music. This book examines the history of folk music into the 21st
century and how it evolved from an agrarian style as it became
increasingly urbanized. Scholar-performer Dick Weissman, himself a
veteran of the popularization wars, is uniquely qualified to
examine the many controversies and musical evolutions of the music,
including a detailed discussion of the quest for authenticity, and
how various musicians, critics, and fans have defined that pursuit.
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