Folk & Traditional Music

The acceleration of mobility among the worlds peoples, the growth of populations resettling in places other than their homelands, and world events ...

At its peak the Federal Music Project (FMP) employed nearly 16,000 people who reached millions of Americans through performances, composing, teachi...

Alan Lomax (1915-2002) began working for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress in 1936, first as a special and temporary ass...

Sand County Songs draws themes and lyrics from Aldo Leopolds landmark environmental essays in A Sand County Almanac. From thoughtful ballads and be...

Native American drumming and chant; Czech and German polka; country fiddling; African American spirituals, blues and jazz; cowboy songs; Mexican co...

This history of folk music looks at musicians, collectors and other figures from around the world. The book presents an overview of internationa...

Voicing Scotland takes the reader on a discovery tour through Scotlands traditional music and song culture, past and present. West unravels the str...

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...