Folk Music: A Regional Exploration

by Norm Cohen

American folk music has provided a narrative thread to the fiber of the nation since its earliest days. Folk music scholar Norm Cohen presents a thorough exploration of the many ways in which folk music genres and subgenres have arisen in different regions of America. Chapters on folk song types, folk instrumentation, and the urban folk revival set further context to the discussion, and an itemized summary of noted folksong collections serves as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313328722
• ISBN13: 9780313328725
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.2" x 10.2"