Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music by young-rob
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Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music by young-rob
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Paperback. Pub Date :2011-08-01 Pages: 672 Language: English Publisher: Faber & Faber Rob Young investigates how the idea of ??folk has been handed down and transformed by successive generations - song collectors. composers. Marxist revivalists. folk-rockers . psychedelic voyagers. free festival-goers. experimental pop stars and electronic innovators.In a sweeping panorama of Albions soundscape that takes in the pioneer spirit of Cecil Sharp; the pastoral classicism of Ralph Vaughan Williams and Peter Warlock; the industrial folk revival of Ewan MacColl and AL Lloyd; the folk-rock of Fairport Convention. Sandy Denny. Nick Drake. Shirley Collins. John Martyn and Pentangle; the bucolic psychedelia of The Incredible String Band. The Beatles and Pink Floyd; the acid folk of Comus. Forest. Mr Fox and Trees; The Wicker Man and occult folklore; the early Glastonbury and Stonehenge ...
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date Published: 04/08/2011
ISBN: 9780571237531
Number of pages: 672
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