Singing Out: An Oral History of America's Folk Music Revivals (The Oxford Oral History Series)

Foreword by Pete Seeger 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.
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. An Oral History Of North American Folk Music Revivals That Draws On More Than 150 Interviews To Explore The Musical, Political, And Social Aspects Of The Folk Revival Movement. I Never Heard A Horse Sing It! : Defining Folk Music -- Early Collectors -- Music For The Masses -- Greenwich Village : 1940s -- Am I In America? : The Red Scare -- Folk Boom -- Movement Music -- Folk-rock -- Nu Folk : The Music Changes, But The Beat Goes On -- The Power Of Music. David King Dunaway, Molly Beer. Includes Bibliographical References, Discography And Index. Singing Out: An Oral History of America's Folk Music Revivals is a multi-voiced, historical narrative of the North American folk music revivals of the twentieth century culled from more than 150 oral history interviews from 1976 to 2006, among them Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Bernice Reagon, and Arlo Guthrie. I never heard a horse sing it! : defining folk music Early collectors Music for the masses Greenwich Village : 1940s Am I in America? : the red scare Folk boom Movement music : civil rights Folk-rock Nu folk The power of music.