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Posted By: GUEST,Pseudonymous
28-Apr-20 - 08:29 PM
Thread Name: Best books on English/UK folk music?
Subject: RE: Best books on English/UK folk music?
On specifically 'English' there is a book by the academic David Atkinson, but you will need to get a library to obtain it unless you are much wealthier than I am. The English Traditional Ballad. Has interesting chapter entitled 'An English Ballad Tradition?'
Very good on themes.
David Harker's Fakesong is controversial but if you want to get to grips with what has been said and written worth dipping into.
Vic Gammon has a book about death drink and desire which has some interesting sections. Also an academic, but more historical in approach than Atkinson, perhaps.