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Author : Kabir
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 14,17 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Hindi poetry
ISBN : 9780143029687
Life and works of a Hindu saint poet.
Author : Jesse Jarnow
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,25 MB
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0306902052
The dramatic untold story of the Weavers, the hit-making folk-pop quartet destroyed with the aid of the United States government--and who changed the world, anyway Following a series of top 10 hits that became instant American standards, the Weavers dissolved at the height of their fame. Wasn't That a Time: The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the Soul of America details the remarkable rise of Pete Seeger's unlikely band of folk heroes, from basement hootenannies to the top of the charts, before a coordinated harassment campaign at the hands of Congress's House Un-American Activities Committee and the emergent right-wing media saw them unable to find work and dropped by their label while their songs still hovered on Billboard's lists. Turning the black-and-white 1950s into vivid color, Wasn't That a Time uses the Weavers to illuminate a dark and complex period of American history. Emerging while a highly divided populace was bombarded and further divided by fake news--and progressive organizations and individuals found themselves repressed under the pretenses of national security--the Weavers would rise, fall, and rise again. With origins in the radical folk collective the Almanac Singers and the ambitious People's Songs, both pioneering the use of music as a transformative political organizing tool, the singing activists in the Weavers set out to change the world with songs as their weapons. Using previously unseen journals and letters, unreleased recordings, once-secret government documents, and other archival research, veteran music journalist and WFMU DJ Jesse Jarnow uncovers the immense hopes, incredible pressures, and daily struggles of the four distinct and often unharmonious personalities at the heart of the Weavers. With a class and race-conscious global vision of music that now make them seem like time travelers from the 21st century, the Weavers would transform material from American blues singer Lead Belly ("Goodnight Irene"), the Bahamas ("Wreck of the John B"), and South Africa ("Wimoweh") into songs that remain ubiquitous from rock clubs to Broadway shows. Featuring quotes about the Weavers' influence from David Crosby, the Beach Boys' Al Jardine, and the Byrds' Roger McGuinn, Wasn't That a Time explores how the group's innocent-sounding harmonies might be heard as a threat worthy of decades of investigation by the FBI--and how the band's late '50s reformation engendered a new generation of musicians to take up the Weavers' non-violent weaponry: eclectic songs, joyous harmonies, and the power of music.
Author : Weavers (Musical group)
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 31,55 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Folk songs
ISBN :
International collection of folk-songs with an emphasis on American folk music.
Author : Weavers
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 33,22 MB
Release : 19??
Category : Folk songs
ISBN :
Author : Weavers (Musical group)
Publisher :
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 45,76 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Folk songs
ISBN :
Contains some 90 authentic folk songs taken from grassroots America, from Ireland, Israel, Mexico, Spain, and other countries. Arranged for piano and guitar.
Author : Mervyn McLean
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 29,22 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781869402129
This work is a study of Polynesian music illustrated by music examples and photographs.
Author : Weavers (Musical group)
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 33,2 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Folk music
ISBN :
Sheet music and lyrics from The Weavers repertoire for folk songs from many different countries and many different regions and time periods in the United States.
Author : Kip Lornell
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 35,10 MB
Release : 2012-05-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 1617032646
The perfect introduction to the many strains of American-made music
Author : Keith Campbell MacMillan
Publisher : Markham, Ont. : Penguin Books Canada
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,35 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Music
ISBN :
82 folkesange.
Author : Gerhart Hauptmann
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 32,55 MB
Release : 1913
Category :
ISBN :