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An evolving tradition : the Child ballads in modern folk and rock music / Dave Thompson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Essex, Connecticut : Backbeat, 2023Description: xxiii, 516 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Evolving tradition
Contents:
The Very First Record -- Unto Brigg Fair -- 2,000 Years BC (Before Child) -- Banning the Ballads -- A Garland of Balladries -- The Ballad of Silas Wegg and The Tripe-Skewer -- The Voice of Some People -- Songs Around Every Corner -- The Mermaid and the Astronomer -- The Original Southern Journey -- Appalachian Aftershocks -- Cabbage Head Blues -- Song of the Tanner -- Hunters and Gatherers -- Seeking Fresh Directions -- Britten, Ives and Niles -- A Nova Scotian Songbook -- A Canadian Cachė -- The Lomax Connection -- Broadcasting the Ballads -- The Girl from Viper County -- The Birth of the Boom -- The Curious Tale of Robin Hood -- Down By The Riverside -- MacColl's Long Harvest -- Judy and Joan -- Child Goes to Newport -- The Clancys Lead The Way -- Enter... and Exit... Bob Dylan -- Shirley Shining -- Talking The Tunes -- The Critics Group -- Nightclubbing -- The Ballad of Paul and Martin -- Another Child of Skiffle -- Plucking the Pentangle -- Any Fairport in a Storm -- Leader of the Pack -- Keeping Up With the Joneses -- Pity Poor Steeleye Span -- Don't Pity Poor Steeleye Span -- Silly Wizards and the Spriguns Of Tolgus -- The Electric Muse -- Old Roots, Newer Routes -- Murderous Ballads -- Of Owls and Hares -- And Other Stories -- Be Glad, For the Ballads have no Ending.
Summary: "The story of the Child Ballads--the definitive repository of traditional English folk songs--and their influence on modern popular music"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Very First Record -- Unto Brigg Fair -- 2,000 Years BC (Before Child) -- Banning the Ballads -- A Garland of Balladries -- The Ballad of Silas Wegg and The Tripe-Skewer -- The Voice of Some People -- Songs Around Every Corner -- The Mermaid and the Astronomer -- The Original Southern Journey -- Appalachian Aftershocks -- Cabbage Head Blues -- Song of the Tanner -- Hunters and Gatherers -- Seeking Fresh Directions -- Britten, Ives and Niles -- A Nova Scotian Songbook -- A Canadian Cachė -- The Lomax Connection -- Broadcasting the Ballads -- The Girl from Viper County -- The Birth of the Boom -- The Curious Tale of Robin Hood -- Down By The Riverside -- MacColl's Long Harvest -- Judy and Joan -- Child Goes to Newport -- The Clancys Lead The Way -- Enter... and Exit... Bob Dylan -- Shirley Shining -- Talking The Tunes -- The Critics Group -- Nightclubbing -- The Ballad of Paul and Martin -- Another Child of Skiffle -- Plucking the Pentangle -- Any Fairport in a Storm -- Leader of the Pack -- Keeping Up With the Joneses -- Pity Poor Steeleye Span -- Don't Pity Poor Steeleye Span -- Silly Wizards and the Spriguns Of Tolgus -- The Electric Muse -- Old Roots, Newer Routes -- Murderous Ballads -- Of Owls and Hares -- And Other Stories -- Be Glad, For the Ballads have no Ending.

"The story of the Child Ballads--the definitive repository of traditional English folk songs--and their influence on modern popular music"-- Provided by publisher.