Polkabilly: How the Goose Island Ramblers Redefined American Folk Music
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A freewheeling blend of continental European folk music and the songs, tunes, and dances of Anglo and Celtic immigrants, polkabilly has enthralled American musicians and dancers since the mid-19th century. From West Virginia coal camps and east Texas farms to the Canadian prairies and America's Upper Midwest, scores of groups have wed squeezeboxes with string bands, hoe downs with hambos, and sentimental Southern balladry with comic "up north" broken-English...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195141067
ISBN13:9780195141061
Release Date:August 2006
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"
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