The British folk revival, 1944-2002 / Michael Brocken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brocken, Michael.

Series:

Ashgate popular and folk music series.

Ashgate popular and folk music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk music--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Folk music.

Popular music--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2003.

Summary:

The British Folk Revival is the very first historical and theoretical work to consider the post-war folk revival in Britain from a popular music studies perspective. Michael Brocken charts the revival from its origins in left-wing political ideology through to the convergence of folk and pop during the 1950's and 1960's, and the fragmentation and constriction of the revival since the 1970's. The book will create lively debate among the folk music fraternity and popular music scholars, as well as folklorists and ethnomusicologists.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; General Editor's Preface; Preface; 1 The early revivalists; 2 Towards post-war utopianism: the precursors and advent of the second folk revival; 3 Bert Lloyd and Ewan MacColl: a critique of the leading protagonists; 4 Politics and obstinacy; 5 Challenging folk historiography: skiffle as a pop aesthetic; 6 Folk-rock; 7 Rituals of retreat: folk clubs, connoisseurs, hierarchies; 8 What of the folk scene now?; Topic Records Discography; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes discography (p. [146]-216), bibliographical references (p. [217]-224), and index.

ISBN:

1-351-89356-4

OCLC:

437113501