Langbeschreibung
This title was first published in 2003. This work considers the post-war folk revival in Britain from a popular music studies perspective.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1: The early revivalists; 2: Towards post-war utopianism: the precursors and advent of the second folk revival; 3: Bert Lloyd and Ewan MacColl: a critique of the leading protagonists; 4: Politics and obstinacy; 5: Challenging folk historiography: skiffle as a pop aesthetic; 6: Folk-rock; 7: Rituals of retreat: folk clubs, connoisseurs, hierarchies; 8: What of the folk scene now?