Folkmusik & traditionell musik

I flera hundra år har människor köpt och sjungit visor i skillingtryck. Vad som trycktes var dock endast texterna. I stället för noter angavs en melodi som texten kunde sjungas till, en melodi som var väl känd för samtidspubliken men som ofta är s...

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One of the music world's pre-eminent critics takes a fresh and much-needed look at the day Dylan "went electric" at the Newport Folk Festival, timed to coincide with the event's fiftieth anniversary. On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took...

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For Taylor Swift, fashion and music go hand-in-hand-each playing a powerful role in shaping the narrative of this generation's most prolific storyteller. Red lipstick isn't just a makeup choice-it's the emblem of an era. A mini skirt isn't simply ...

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WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR The definitive biography of the late Leonard Cohen - singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist. The genius behind such classic songs as Suzanne, So Long, Marianne, Bird on the Wire and Hallelujah, Leonard C...

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'Williams's memoir is as flinty, earthy¿ and plain-spoken as her songs' ¿New York Times 'The often hilarious, occasionally harrowing¿Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You¿is a bracingly candid chronicle of a sui generis character plotting a ra...

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Time Must-Read Books of 2024Independent Best Non-Fiction Books 2024Mojo Books of the Year 2024"A vibrant, multifaceted portrait of a music enigma" Guardian"A powerful portrait" Irish Independent"Displays a bracing rigour and an exhilarating curios...

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Time Must-Read Books of 2024 Independent Best Non-Fiction Books 2024 Mojo Books of the Year 2024 "A vibrant, multifaceted portrait of a music enigma" Guardian "A powerful portrait" Irish Independent "Displays a bracing rigour and an exhilarating c...

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In 2016 it was announced that Bob Dylan had sold his personal archive to the George Kaiser Foundation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, reportedly for $22 million. As the boxes started to arrive, the Foundation asked Clinton Heylin - author of the acclaimed Bob...

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Utgiven av Svenskt visarkiv. Svenska låtar är en samlingsutgåva av svensk folkmusik i 24 band. Verket är resultatet av ett insamlingsarbete 1908-1940 initierat av Nils Andersson med målsättningen att skapa ett standardverk för svensk folkmusik. Ut...

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A complete and harmonious history of music, from prehistory to the present day! Have you ever wondered how blues influenced rock music? Or why jazz went Latin? Classical or rock, everyone has their favourite music style, but how did your top choic...

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'The definitive, scrupulously researched biography of a life steeped in mystery' Observer The definitive biography of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures - musical revolutionary, Nobel Prize-winner, chart-topping recordin...

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THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A BOOK OF THE YEAR ROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, ROLLING STONE, CLASH, MOJO, UNCUT The memoir of international music icon Richard Thompson, co-founder of the legendary folk rock group Fairport Convention. 'I encourag...

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Arthel ""Doc"" Watson (1923-2012) is arguably one of the most influential musicians Appalachia has ever produced. A musician's musician, Doc grew up on a subsistence farm in the North Carolina mountains during the Depression, soaking up traditiona...

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Utgiven av Svenskt visarkiv. Åren kring sekelskiftet 1900 reste studenten Einar Övergaard genom Sverige för att dokumentera folkmusik. Under sina resor i bland annat Dalsland, Värmland, Dalarna, Hälsingland, Medelpad och Norge samlade han in 840 l...

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Han är representerad på bland annat Nationalmuseum, Värmlands Museum, Rackstadmuseet och Göteborgs konstmuseum. Han har studerat i England, Italien och Spanien och bott periodvis i Paris. Han kan titulera sig målare, tecknare, grafiker och spelman...

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The screenplay of the latest macabre and haunting comedy from the writer of In Bruges and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Winner: Best Screenplay, BAFTAs 2023 Winner: Best Screenplay, Golden Globe Awards 2023. Winner: Best Screenplay, V...

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From the creator of the acclaimed country music history podcast Cocaine & Rhinestones, comes the epic American saga of country music's legendary royal couple-George Jones and Tammy Wynette. By the early 1960s nearly everybody paying attention to c...

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A collection of Ireland's greatest and best-loved ballads, including the lyrics, music and chords, along with an introductory piece on each song. Illustrated with photographs and woodcuts. A beautiful guide to the cream of the Irish ballad traditi...

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'This is the book we've been waiting for . . . It is a biography to be treasured' Joe Boyd 'The Drake completist could ask for nothing else' Daily Telegraph 'Illuminating. The definitive word on Drake' Observer In 1968 Nick Drake had everything to...

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Utgiven av Svenskt visarkiv. Denna notbok innehåller 20 låtar som nedtecknats efter flöjtspelmannen Olof Jönsson från Härjedalen. Repertoaren spänner över flera genrer såsom skillingtrycksvisor, danslåtar och andliga sånger. Låtboken är utgiven av...

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Rob Young's Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music is a seminal book on British music and cultural heritage, that spans the visionary classical and folk tradition from the nineteenth-century to the present day. 'A thoroughly enjoyable...

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Taiwan aboriginal song has received extensive media coverage since the launch and settlement of a copyright lawsuit following pop group Enigma's allegedly unauthorized use of Amis voices in the 1996 Olympics hit, Return To Innocence. Taking as her...

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Holy Ghost is the first extended study of free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler, who is seen today as one of the most important innovators in the history of jazz. Ayler synthesized children s songs, La Marseillaise, American march music, and gospel h...

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Then, for a decade, while struggling with addiction, Gauthier put her dream away. Not until she got sober and went to an open mic with a friend did she realise that she not only still wanted to write songs, she needed to. Today, Gauthier is a deco...

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