Polkabilly: how the Goose Island Ramblers redefined American folk music
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1. Verfasser: Leary, James P. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 2010
Schriftenreihe:American musicspheres
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Beschreibung:Originally published: 2006
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-219) and index
1. Polkabilly: Old Time Music in the Upper Midwest; 2. "Uncle Windy" Whitford; 3. "Smokey George" Gilbertsen; 4. Bruce Bollerud: The Hollandale Wildcat; 5. Glen and Ann's; 6. Canons and Cannonballs; Timeline: Significant Dates Involving and Affecting the Goose Island Ramblers; Glossary; Recordings Issued by the Goose Island Ramblers; Notes; Sources; Companion Website Track Listing; Index
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 comedy, to create a new and uniquely American sound. The Goose Island Ramblers played as a house band for a local tavern in Mad
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