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Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, this documentary is a raw and intimate portrait of the legendary folk singer and activist that shifts back and forth through time as it follows Joan on her final tour and delves into her extraordinary archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes, and audio recordings. Baez is remarkably revealing about her life on and offstage, from her lifelong emotional...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Llewyn Davis is at a crossroads and struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles - some of them of his own making. Living at the mercy of both friends and strangers, Llewyn's misadventures take him from the baskethouses of Greenwich Village to an empty Chicago club - on an odyssey to audition for a music mogul...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A provocative new novel by the nationally bestelling author of THE ATOMIC CITY GIRLS, about nine generations of one family in Eastern Tennessee whose women, in eerie echoes of the notorious Appalachian murder ballads made famous by singers, over more than a century, have been traumatized by acts of violence"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
One of the music world's preeminent critics takes a fresh and much-needed look at the day Dylan "went electric" at the Newport Folk Festival, timed to coincide with the event's fiftieth anniversary. On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at Newport Folk Festival, backed by an electric band, and roared into his new rock hit, Like a Rolling Stone. The audience of committed folk purists and political activists who had hailed him as...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
Murder Ballads is an illustrated exploration of twenty traditional murder ballads, blending haunting artwork with in-depth histories of each song. Katy Horan examines the genre's roots in patriarchal violence and white supremacy, its ties to true crime, and its lasting cultural impact. Complete with lyrics, reflections, and a curated list of recordings, this collection is perfect for fans of folk music, history, and the macabre.
11) The rattlin' bog
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Ro, ro, the rattlin' bog, the bog down in the valley-o!...[This] traditional Irish tune sung by a traditional Irish band explores an Irish peat bog where a rattlin' (Irish slang for 'wonderful') tree contains a rattlin' nest, which contains a rattlin' egg, which contains a rattlin' bird . . . all the way down to a seed of a brand-new rattlin' tree. Includes notes on Irish peat bogs and the creatures that live there, as well as plant and animal life...
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