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From Ani DiFranco to Bob Dylan to Woodie Guthrie, American folk
music comprises a truly diverse and rich tradition—one that's
almost impossible to define in broad terms. This book explains why
folk music is still highly relevant in the digital age. From
indigenous music to Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen singing "This
Land Is Your Land" side-by-side at the pre-inaugural concert for
our first African American president, folk music has been at the
center of America's history. Thomas Jefferson wooed his bride-to-be
with fiddle playing. Stephen Foster captured the mood of our
country in transition. The Carter Family adapted music from across
the pond to Appalachia. Paul Robeson carried folk music of many
lands to the world stage. Woody Guthrie's dust bowl ballads spoke
to the common man, while Sixties protest music put folk on the map,
following the Kingston Trio's hit, "Tom Dooley." Folk music has
evolved with America's changing landscape, celebrating its
multi-cultural traditions. From Irish step dancers to rap, parlor
songs to Dixieland, blues to classical, Discovering Folk Music
presents the genre as surprisingly diverse, every bit the product
of our national melting pot. Demonstrating continuing relevance of
folk music in our everyday lives, the book spotlights an amazing
array of personalities, with special emphasis on the folk revival
era when Dylan, Baez, Odetta, and Peter, Paul and Mary sang out.
These and others influenced such contemporary performers as Shawn
Colvin and Ani DiFranco. Those on today's "fringes of folk" scene
continue to look to these deep roots while embracing alternative
sounds. Included are interviews with such legendary artists as
Janis Ian, Tom Paxton, and Jean Ritchie. Nora Guthrie, Woody's
daughter, also weighs in. Discovering Folk Music is a
ground-breaking look at 21st-century folk music in our rapidly
changing digital world, family friendly while ripe for rediscovery
by the Woodstock generation.
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