Intimate, anecdotal, and spell-binding, Singing Out
offers a fascinating oral history of the North American folk music
revivals and folk music. Culled from more than 150 interviews recorded
from 1976 to 2006, this captivating story spans seven decades and cuts
across a wide swath of generations and perspectives, shedding light on
the musical, political, and social aspects of this movement. The
narrators highlight many of the major folk revival figures, including
Pete Seeger, Bernice Reagon, Phil Ochs, Mary Travers, Don McLean, Judy
Collins, Arlo Guthrie, Ry Cooder, and Holly Near. Together they tell the
stories of such musical groups as the Composers' Collective, the
Almanac Singers, People's Songs, the Weavers, the New Lost City
Ramblers, and the Freedom Singers. Folklorists, musicians,
musicologists, writers, activists, and aficionados reveal not only what
happened during the folk revivals, but what it meant to those personally
and passionately involved. For everyone who ever
picked up a guitar,
fiddle, or banjo, this will be a book to give and cherish. Extensive
notes, bibliography, and discography, plus a photo section.
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