Folk Singers & Folksongs from HLP Songs & Ballads

104 pages including 48 songs from four albums: I-Sandstone Cathedrals, II-Wild, Wild Heart, III - Where I Live, and IV - Crossing the Water. Covers are clean and unmarked. Pages are clean, crisp, and unmarked, though one page was noted with a folded corner.

287 Pages. Includes 85 songs from THE NEW BERRYMAN SONGBOOK (1989), 47 songs from FRESCOES AND BOWLING BALL (1996), and an additional 68 songs written after 1996. This large print volume also includes the sketches and commentary Lou and Peter are known for. This early version with spiral binding lays flat and sits very easily on a music stand… Read more about this item

93 Pages and 47 original songs, plus the Berryman's own wit, illustration, and photos. Covers clean and unmarked, with some rubbing on the back. Pages are clean and free of markings and notations. Corners are lightly bumped.

113 Pages and 85 original songs, plus the Berryman's own wit and illustration. Covers aged, and slightly stained, but unmarked. Pages are clean and free of markings and notations. Corners and edges are lightly bumped.

133 Pages plus 8 pages of b/w historic photos. Revival from the British perspective including Ewan MacColl and contemporaries who emerged in the 1950's. Covers are clean and unmarked with signs of light wear. Pages are clean and tight with no marking or annotations noted. However, the front free end paper is missing.

124 Pages. Inside stories on America's top pop groups: How they work, what they think, how they rose to fame. Plus: Full-page photos! Covers and pages are lightly worn and aged but unmarked - with the exception of an owner name on the inside cover.

243 pages plus 20 pages of historic b/w photos. The history of folk music in West Virginia with a forward by Senator Robert C Byrd. Covers are clean and unmarked with light rubbing on the bottom edge. Pages are clean and crisp with no markings noted.

First Edition. 144 pages. Hard to classify a book that jumps so: Early Country - Singing Cowboys - Country Blues - Western Swing - Jazz and Big Bands - Rhythm and Blues - Rock 'n' Roll - Modern Country. The cast of performers is wide-spread, and regardless of your musical preferences you will surely find some of your favorites in here...… Read more about this item

150 pages. First Edition. Combining rare photographs, interviews and commentary, The New Folk Music Highlights the work of 100 folk luminaries, including longtime favorites such as Tom Paxton, Joan Baes, John Hartford, and Waylon Jennings, and such popular newcomers as The Indigo Girls, John Gorka, Buckwheat Zydeco, The Washington Squares, Nanci Griffith, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo." Covers are… Read more about this item

172 pages. Presumed First Edition. "... although we have made music for countless millennia, it's been scarcely a century since we acquired the technology to capture and explore all its astonishing variety. This is the tale that unfolds in Songcatchers... a panorama of the world's music and a vivid portrait of the pioneers who traveled far and wide to… Read more about this item

255 pages. Tight binding and clean covers with a bit of edge wear. Pages are crisp and clean but have highlighter markings in the first few chapters.

362 pages and plenty of b/w photos. "... musicians who create and perform country and blues music and those who mixed the two to create the explosive sound called ROCKABILLY..." Cover intact and unmarked with a bit of bumping creasing and rubbing. Pages are clean and unmarked, but the front flyleaf has been removed. Remains a clean and… Read more about this item

Stated "First Edition". 258 pages. "... the only story of the recent American music scene- of folk, rock, new and next wave - to be told by the people who made and lived it." Covers are unmarked but lightly aged with very little chipping. Pages are crisp and clean with the exception of a price erasure on the flyleaf,… Read more about this item

412 pages. "...traces the many and varied cultural influences on the folk revival of the late fifties and sixties... analysis of the ideologies, traditions, and personalities that created an extraordinary moment in American popular culture." Covers and binding are unmarked with very light bumping on the corners. Pages are crisp and clean with no markings noted except for some… Read more about this item

First Edition. 202 pages. Twenty familiar American folk songs with the traditional lyrics, followed by fanciful and delightful tales by the Author retelling the story. Dust jacket has a tear-out on the bottom front as seen in the photos, but is unclipped, otherwise intact and in a protective cover. Cover boards are very clean with square corners and a… Read more about this item

118 Pages. "...explores the rich folk music traditions of England, Ireland and Scotland, and traces their influence on American folk music." Dust jacket is clean, intact and unclipped. There are chips and a few tears on the corners and spine ends, and some creasing on the front top left corner. Covers are very clean with a sturdy spine. Pages are… Read more about this item

First Edition as no subsequent publishing dates noted. 240 pages. "Fascinating accounts of the major figures in the American folk song era enliven the story - names like Lomax, Ives, Leadbelly, Seeger, The Weavers, Belafonte and many others... touches on folk music's encounters with payola, the blacklist, the popular song industry, the purists, and the censors." Dust jacket is… Read more about this item

First Edition. 477 pages including historical photos and a CD of 13 field recordings. "... presents the extraordinarily rich backstories of thirteen performances captured on Library of Congress field recordings between 1934 and 1942 in locations reaching from Southern Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta and the Great Plains." Dust jacket is clean, unclipped and unmarked in a protective wrapper.… Read more about this item

Ex Library. 419 pages. The FOLK REVIVAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. Who's Who, and What's What in Folk Music. "The most complete and authoritative reference of folk music of the English-speaking world." Lots of photos and interviews woven into the text to offer refreshing commentaries by folk personalities. No Dust jacket. Covers are clean and unmarked. Pages are clean with no… Read more about this item

419 pages. The FOLK REVIVAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. Who's Who, and What's What in Folk Music; the most complete and authoritative reference of folk music of the English-speaking world. Lots of photos, and interviews woven into the text to offer refreshing commentaries by folk personalities. Dust jacket is unclipped, unmarked and very clean with a few very small chips on the edges,… Read more about this item