 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.
Unlike any
other book currently on the market, this book covers America's
rich roots music, pioneered by African Americans and European
immigrants, which has influenced almost every facet of today's
popular music around the globe. This encyclopedia provides insight
into why folk and blues are distinct fields of their own but interact
in many ways to provide important additions to America's musical
heritage. This is a unique and highly readable reference that
belongs on the desks of music critics and music lovers everywhere.
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