Folk & Traditional Music

Sounding the Color Line explores how competing understandings of the U.S. South in the first decades of the twentieth century have led us to experi...

Robert Andresen (1937 95) lived in the Duluth-Superior area and was a leading force in documenting, performing, and promoting old-time music in the...

Freeland Barbour was brought up in Highland Perthshire and has been a very well-known figure on the Scottish music scene for many years. He is a fo...

''...above all, Horslips play it loud.'' NME Magazine Featuring a detailed timeline of events, exclusive interviews, previously unpublished phot...

Sandy Bells, an assuming little bar in central Edinburgh is world famous for its folk music and many famous folk musicians have honed their perform...

Winner of the NOBEL PRIZE in Literature 2016 For the first time, a comprehensive, definitive collection of lyrics of music legend and poet Bob Dyla...

An epic journey through sea shanties, high tides and seven seasFrom the international bestselling singer comes The Book of Sea Shanties.The world s...

''The definitive, scrupulously researched biography of a life steeped in mystery'' ObserverThe definitive biography of one contemporary culture''s ...

Alabama is a state rich in folksong tradition, from old English ballads sung along the Tennessee River to children's game songs played in Mobile, f...

World-class luthier and renowned guitarist Wayne Henderson calls Albert Hash a real folk hero. A virtuoso fiddler from the Blue Ridge, Hash buil...

Born into folk music's first family, Peggy Seeger has blazed her own trail artistically and personally. Jean Freedman draws on a wealth of research...

Artists have often provided the earliest demonstrations of conscience and ethical examination in response to political events. The political shifts...

In the book My Grandfather, Artem Erkomaishvili, the musical biography of the great Georgian singer-chanter Artem Erkomaishvili is described. He wa...

Neil V. Rosenberg met the legendary Bill Monroe at the Brown County Jamboree. Rosenberg's subsequent experiences in Bean Blossom put his feet on th...

This limited edition oversized deluxe hardback collection contains original script pages from award-winning writer Neil Gaiman, as well as never-be...

In the book My Grandfather, Artem Erkomaishvili, the musical biography of the great Georgian singer-chanter Artem Erkomaishvili is described. He wa...