Singing from the Floor: A History of British Folk Clubs - Brossura

Bean, J. P.

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ISBN 10: 0571305458 ISBN 13: 9780571305452

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2014

Riassunto

In smoky rooms above pubs, bare rooms with battered stools and beer-stained tables, where the stage was little more than a scrap of carpet and sound systems were unheard of, an acoustic revolution took place in Britain in the 1950s and '60s. This was the folk revival, where a generation of musicians, among much drink and raucous cheer, would rediscover the native songs of their own tradition, as well as the folk and blues coming from across the Atlantic by artists such as Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie and Big Bill Broonzy. Singing from the Floor is the story of this remarkable movement, faithfully captured in the voices of those who formed it by JP Bean. We hear from luminaries such as Shirley Collins, Martin Carthy, Peggy Seeger and Ralph McTell, alongside figures such as Billy Connolly, Jasper Carrott and Mike Harding, who all started their careers on the folk circuit. The book charts the revival's improvised beginnings and its ties to the CND movement, through the heyday of the '60s and '70s, when every university, town and many villages across the country boasted a folk club, to the fallow years of the '80s and '90s.

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Recensione:

'What a great story this is . . . JP Bean has put together something definitive.' (Mojo, * * * * *)

'There are tales a-plenty . . . of penury and hardship, of sleeping on couches, floors, under tables and bridges, in doorways, even the most celebrated of the scene's performers often living like dossers . . . "It was magic, an astonishing moment," recalls Martin Carthy, without overstatement.' (Uncut, 9/10)

'An impressive list of contributors . . . In true folk tradition, a story worth handing on.' (Q, * * * *)

'Takes the reader from the revival's earliest stirrings to gigs at the hipsterish Magpie's Nest in present-day East London . . . there is a telling story or unforgettable vignette on almost every page.' (Guardian)

'Summons up the mottled charm of a different era . . . this was a time when the English Folk Dance and Song Society had Princess Margaret as a president. When singer Ian Campbell told her he lived in Birmingham, she replied: "How unfortunate." ' (Daily Telegraph)

Descrizione del libro:

Singing from the Floor: A History of British Folk Clubs, by J. P. Bean, is the remarkable history of British folk clubs, brought to Faber by Editor-at-Large Jarvis Cocker.

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• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0571305458
• ISBN 13: 9780571305452
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 448