The Folk Music Sourcebook
- ISBN-10
- 0306803607
- ISBN-13
- 9780306803604
- Category
- Music / Genres & Styles / Jazz
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989-08-21
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Authors
- Dick Weissman, Larry Sandberg
Description
This revised and updated book is a guide for the listener, collector, singer, player and devotee of folk music. It covers music from string band to bluegrass, Canadian, Creole, Zydeco, jug bands, ragtime and the many kinds of blues. The book evaluates, reviews and recommends on such subjects as where to buy records and instruments and places where folk music flourishes.
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