America Over the Water

A Historic Journey into the Cultural Roots of Traditional American Music
revised and expanded Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-907222-92-4
Verlag: Strange Attractor Press

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 197 mm

Reihe: Strange Attractor Press

The chronicle of a year spent discovering the traditional musicians of the American South, including Mississippi Fred McDowell, Muddy Waters, and many others.In America Over the Water, celebrated English folksinger Shirley Collins offers an affecting account of her year-long stint as assistant to legendary musical historian and folklorist Alan Lomax. Collins describes a journey both emotional and musical, as she and Lomax work tirelessly to uncover the traditional music of the American South. Together, they traveled to Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Georgia, encountering Mississippi Fred McDowell, Muddy Waters, and many others.Collins first met Lomax at a party hosted by English folksinger Ewan MacColl (who later married Peggy Seeger, half-sister of American folksinger and activist Pete Seeger). Collins's chronicle of her year with Lomax, with whom she became romantically involved, recounts the discovery of a world of beauty and dignity in the face of deprivation and prejudice among America's traditional folk and blues musicians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collins, Shirley

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikethnologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Volksmusik

Über Autor(innen)

Collins, Shirley
Shirley Collins is a renowned folk singer. She is the president of the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London. Her critically lauded album Lodestar, released in 2016, marked a triumphant return to performance after a thirty-year absence. She is the author of All in the Downs: Reflections on Reflections on Life, Landscape, and Song (Strange Attractor).