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Subject(s)

• Folk music—United States—History and criticism [Browse]
• Field recordings—United States—History [Browse]
• Archive of Folk Culture (U.S.) [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Folk music [Browse]
• Field recordings [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• field recordings [Browse]

Series

Music in American life [More in this series]

Summary note

Highlights the stories behind thirteen field recordings captured between 1934 and 1942, focusing on the experiences of the people--ranging from students to prisoners--who contributed to the recordings.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Participant(s)/​Performer(s)

Various performers on accompanying disc.

Contents

• Bill Stepp : retreat across America
• Kelly Pace : coworker in the kingdom of culture
• Ora Dell Graham : a little black girl from Mississippi
• Christine and Katherine Shipp : in a chromatic light
• Nashville Washboard Band : something out of nothing
• Vera Hall : the life that we live
• Bozie Sturdivant : a song that went with him
• Pete Steele : it's what folks do
• Texas Gladden : from here to the Mississippi
• Luther Strong : way behind his time
• Charlie Butler : call me to home
• Jess Morris : boiled shirt and cowboy boots.

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ISBN

• 9780252036880 ((cloth))
• 0252036883 ((cloth))

LCCN

2011044092

OCLC

758973673

Universal Product Code

• 8475362

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