Soul-folk / Ashawnta Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Ashawnta, author.

Series:

Genre: A 33 1/3 Series.

Genre: A 33 1/3 Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Music--History and criticism.

African Americans.

Folk music--History and criticism.

Folk music.

Music and race.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Folk music of the 1960s and 1970s was a genre that was always shifting and expanding, yet somehow never found room for so many. In the sounds of soul-folk, Black artists like Terry Callier and Linda Lewis began to reclaim their space in the genre, and use it to bring their own traditions to light- the jazz, the blues, the field hollers, the spirituals- and creating something wholly new, wholly theirs, wholly ours. This book traces the growing imprints of soul-folk and how it made its way from folk tradition to subgenre. Along the way, it explores the musicians, albums, and histories that made the genre what it is.

Contents:

Part I "The Unknown Black Bards" Introduction 1. The Roots of Black Folk 2. Early Black Folk Artists 3. Coon Songs, Race Music, and Genre Wars 4. The Folk Whitening 5. "Freedom's Comin' and It Won't Be Long" Folk and Politics Part II The Family Tree 6. Melding Sounds: The Origins of Soul-Folk Part III Music's Long Memory 7. Where Do We Go from Here? Epilogue and Beyond Ten Essential Tracks Selected Bibliography Endnotes

ISBN:

9798765103487

9798765103463

9798765103470

OCLC:

1446130113