This is a really great book on British folk music throughout the 20th Century to the present day that focuses on its 60s 70s heyday. It pays particular attention to Folk music as a medium for expressing a peoples relationship with their community and landscape, a response to seminal events such as industrialisation and WWI and ultimately as a lament for a Golden Age long gone or utopian vision never fully realised. Quite a lot of areas are covered from 19th Century Arts and Crafts founder to Warp and The Caretaker.
Here is an excellent primer on the book that was featured as part of Wire magazines Salon series. Its an interview with the author Rob Young and features some great tuneage.
Here is an excellent primer on the book that was featured as part of Wire magazines Salon series. Its an interview with the author Rob Young and features some great tuneage.
