Punk Aesthetics and New Folk: Way Down the Old Plank Road. by John Encarnacao

by John Encarnacao and Mr John Encarnacao

Book Overview

Joanna Newsom, Will Oldham (a.k.a. 'Bonnie Prince Billy'), and Devendra Banhart are perhaps the best known of a generation of independent artists who use elements of folk music in contexts which are far from traditional. New folk artists challenge our notions of 'finished product' through their recordings, intrinsically guided by practices and rhetoric inherited from punk. Encarnacao provides detailed analysis of recorded works, underlining the point...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138246131
• ISBN13: 9781138246133
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"