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 Folk
and Blues : The Encyclopedia by Irwin Stambler, Lyndon
Stambler
Folk and blues
remains vibrant and alive today and has been enjoying a new boom
as audiences rediscover such blues performers as Robert Johnson,
John Lee Hooker, and Bessie Smith, and folk artists like Woody
Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Bob Dylan. The excitement and impact
of decades of these musical forms is the focus of this extensively
revised and updated third edition of Folk & Blues: The
Encyclopedia, which covers a spectrum of artists from the
pioneers at the turn of the twentieth century to the stars of
today: Keb' Mo', Altan, the Chieftains, Ani DiFranco, Ry Cooder,
Sarah McLachlan, Wilco, John Prine, and Los Lobos, to name a few.
Folk & Blues: The Encyclopedia contains:
*Interviews
with many of today's top artists.
*Extensive awards information from the Grammies, the Folk Alliance,
and the Blues Foundation.
*Scores of photos of the most important folk and blues artists
of the 20th century.
*The first comprehensive index of folk and blues music... (Amazon.com)
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