folk music

Presents a short history on the music, performers, and compositions of Folk, Country, and Reggae music and profiles such entertainers as Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, and Bob Marley.

Presents the words and music to fifty favorite songs, illustrated with works from the collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

Discusses the influence various native American and foreign traditions and contemporary musicians have had on the development of American folk music.

When a nerdy, unpopular high school senior notices his resemblance to Bob Dylan, he leaves home for Greenwich Village, in 1963, to become a folk singer.

Defines folk music and traces its history and development in Great Britain and the United States.

Contains over 600 entries of folk, country, and western performers.

Gives a history of the United States through folk songs as told and created by the participants themselves.