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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813299203321

Autore

Brocken Michael

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-351-89356-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Ashgate popular and folk music series

Disciplina

781.62/21

Soggetti

Folk music - Great Britain - History and criticism

Popular music - Great Britain - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.