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Title: Electric Folk Book Post by: Ollie on March 24, 2008, 03:05:20 PM I've just found this - http://tiny.cc/6afE8 on evilBay. Never seen it before, never heard of it. Anyone know anything about it?
Title: Re: Electric Folk Book Post by: davidmjs on March 24, 2008, 03:14:12 PM Hmmm, me neither - thanks for the link.... quite a few copies around on ABEbooks and Amazon....
Title: Re: Electric Folk Book Post by: Philip W on March 24, 2008, 04:01:56 PM Not a new book. Published in 2005. There was a thread about it at the time:
http://www.talkawhile.co.uk/yabbse/index.php?topic=16860.0 Worth having, if a little dry and academic for the general reader. Britta Sweers (a very approachable lady, in my experience) intended her book to revise and update The Electric Muse, a more discursive, journalistic study of folk-rock published in the seventies, which is also worth getting hold of if you can find a secondhand copy. P Title: Re: Electric Folk Book Post by: davidmjs on March 24, 2008, 04:06:19 PM Not a new book. Published in 2005. There was a thread about it at the time: http://www.talkawhile.co.uk/yabbse/index.php?topic=16860.0 Worth having, if a little dry and academic for the general reader. Britta Sweers (a very approachable lady, in my experience) intended her book to revise and update The Electric Muse, a more discursive, journalistic study of folk-rock published in the seventies, which is also worth getting hold of if you can find a secondhand copy. P Ahhhh, that makes sense...the Electric Muse is a great read.... Title: Re: Electric Folk Book Post by: Dad Volt on March 24, 2008, 07:01:25 PM I've just found this - http://tiny.cc/6afE8 on evilBay. Never seen it before, never heard of it. Anyone know anything about it? Yep got it, certainly not a casual read but worth picking up if you are interested in that sort of thing Title: Re: Electric Folk Book Post by: Paolo on March 26, 2008, 09:22:30 AM In my opinion a good book. A scholar work (something I like) whose best parts are sections dedicated to singing styles - demonstrating, for instance, how strong and deep was Sandy's traditional background.
best Paolo Title: Re: Electric Folk Book Post by: Dad Volt on March 26, 2008, 11:35:52 AM To give you some idea of value Ollie, I paid £15.99 for mine at Liverpool Uni Bookshop about 3/4 years ago
Title: Re: Electric Folk Book Post by: steve-n on March 26, 2008, 11:49:53 AM To give you some idea of value Ollie, I paid £15.99 for mine at Liverpool Uni Bookshop about 3/4 years ago Bought mine from Amazon around the same time - still available as of 10 minutes ago. Electric Folk: The Changing Face of English Traditional Music by Britta Sweers (Paperback - Aug 2004) Buy new: £16.00 27 Used & new from £3.20 Usually dispatched within 7 to 11 days Eligible for FREE Super Saver Delivery. s&j |