Transforming Tradition: Folk Music Revivals Examined

Transforming Tradition examines the phenomenon of the folk song revival, those vibrant meldings of popular and folk culture that captured public awareness in the 1950s and 1960s. We remember the folk revival as forums for performers like Joan Baez and the Kingston Trio, and as incubators for unlikely radio hits like "Tom Dooley" and "Blowin' in the Wind." But it also gave rise to a bustling and influential subculture of hootenanies, coffeehouses,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252019822
• ISBN13: 9780252019821
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"