The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #57214   Message #898621
Posted By: dick greenhaus
25-Feb-03 - 05:21 PM
Thread Name: New Book!
Subject: New Book!:Deep Community
>
> "Deep Community: Adventures in the Modern Folk
> Underground"
> by Scott Alarik
>
> This 416 page book documents the modern folk world
> like no other book on the market today. Written by
> Scott
> Alarik, the folk music writer for the Boston Globe
> and a
> folk correspondent for National Public Radio.
> Scott's words
> are matched with photojournalist Robert Corwin's
> photos
> to document the modern folk world of today.
>
> As the mainstream music industry is in historic
> decline, the small
> sub-stream of folk music is thriving as never
> before. Why? This book
> creates an intimate portrait of the modern folk
> world with interviews
> and photos of over 120 of its biggest artists and
> revealing backstage
> stories with labels, managers and promoters of this
> vibrant grassroots
> world. Deep Community is a book that is being
> marketed and sold by
> the community it comes from... we are looking for
> the folk community
> to benefit from the sale of this publication.
>
..............................................................................
> The price of the book is $19.95 + shipping.
> For 5 or more copies we can offer the book at $12
> each + shipping.
> Deals for your on-air fund raising drives are also
> available.
> Please check out www.BlackWolfPress.com or e-mail
> Ralph at
> BlackWolfPress@aol.com for further information.
>
..............................................................................
>
> Pete Seeger says "Scott Alarik is one of the best
> writers in America.
> You'll enjoy this book."
>
> Dar Williams calls Scott "the finest folk writer in
> the country".
>
> "This is the best reflection I've ever seen of the
> world I travel in,
> by the person who is best suited to document it.
> Scott Alarik
> takes thirty years of experience as a journalist and
> performer,
> and shows us how folk and roots music has survived
> and thrived
> in the nooks and crannies of the music world. Let's
> hope the
> corporate music machine never gets its hands on this
> book." -- Ellis Paul
>

If more than 5 people want to order it, I'll order it through Camsco and sell it for the $12 + that it would cost me.