Folk & Traditional Music

In this thorough exploration of the history and spread of Americana Music around the world, Ralph Brookfield goes beyond the headlines to uncover w...

The artists impact on country music and how his death changed the genre A beloved member of the country music community, David Stringbean Akeman fo...

With her deeply personal songwriting, countless hit songs, and genre-bending yet unmistakable sound, Taylor Swift has cemented her status as one of...

'The Poetic Genius of my Country...bade me sing the loves, the joys, the rural scenes and rural pleasures of my natal Soil, in my native tongue.' ...

A SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZETHE BOOKSELLER'S Most Picked Book in General Non-Fiction ...

A tour de force of storytelling years in the making: a dual biography of two of the greatest songwriters, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, that is also...

Commissioned by Twyford School in Hampshire, The Twyford Carols by Joanna and Alexander L'Estrange comprises four uplifting and heartwarming Christ...

Beloved raconteur, environmentalist, and down-home philosopher, Gamble Rogers (19371991) ushered in a renaissance of folk music to a place and time...

'This is the book we've been waiting for . . . It is a biography to be treasured' Joe Boyd'The Drake completist could ask for nothing else' Daily T...

'A really great book.' Bruce SpringsteenWith a foreword by Billy Bragg.The classic biography of the hugely influential American folk singer who in...

The first-ever book exclusively devoted to the history of the Newport Folk Festival, I Got a Song documents the trajectory of an American musical i...

Steeleye Span have been at the forefront of British folk-rock for almost half a century. Formed in 1969 by Ashley Hutchings after his departure fro...