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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Political Folk Music in America from Its Origins to Bob Dylan

Political Folk Music in America from Its Origins to Bob Dylan

Epstein, Lawrence J.

Paperback

Country & FolkGeneral Political ScienceMusic Reference

ISBN10: 0786448628
ISBN13: 9780786448623
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Feb 15 2010
Pages: 213
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

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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