Recently added articles from Folk Music Journal:
Editorial
Jan 01, 2009; ... This issue includes three very substantial articles. Linda-May Ballard's subject is a personal one, in the sense that Isabella McBride, the Northern Irish singer whom she has recorded and studied, was her own grandmother. Her article probes the informant's social context in order to explore ...
The North of England Musical Tournament: History of the Sword Dance Competition Trophies
Jan 01, 2009; ... An aspect of the sword dance competition held in conjunction with the North of England Musical Tournament that has not received attention in the journal is the history of the challenge cups themselves. The first cup, presented to the tournament by Miss Jane Cowen in 1921, was pictured in the ...
Desire, Drink and Death in English Folk and Vernacular Song, 1600-1900
Jan 01, 2009; ... Desire, Drink and Death in English Folk and Vernacular Song, 1600-1900 Vic Gammon. Aldershot and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2008. xvii + 264 pp. Mus. Music. Indexes. ISBN 978-0-7546-6094-1. £50. Ashgate Publishing are quietly cornering the market in academic works on traditional music and ...
Folk Music: The Basics
Jan 01, 2009; ... Folk Music: The Basics Ronald D. Cohen. New York and London: Routledge, 2006. viii + 253 pp. Bibliog. Discog. Index. ISBN 0 415 971260 8. It is not easy to write an introductory text for a complex and unwieldy subject such as folk music, especially if the remit is to include both Britain ...
Blackface Minstrelsy in Britain
Jan 01, 2009; ... Blackface Minstrelsy in Britain Michael Pickering. Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series. Aldershot and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2008. 270 pp. Illus. Bibliog. Index. ISBN 978-0-7546-5859-7. £50.00. This book has been more than twenty years in the making, and the impressive weight of ...