Note: this is a PermaThread™, a permanent reference on folk music books controlled by IanC and maintained by Joe Offer. Feel free to post messages below, but be aware that all messages posted in this thread are subject to editing and deletion.
Thanks to Ian and to John in Kansas for their hard work in assembling this information. Ian's Website is here (click)
-Joe Offer-
A Basic Folk Library
This is a collated list of books suggested in the Mudcat PermaThread of the same name (see below), correct to the thread post of 5 October 2003 at 11:03 AM EDT. Most of the books will be out of print and only available at secondhand or specialist booksellers.
Any suggestions, additions, etc. via Personal Message (click) or the relevant Mudcat thread, please. Or you could e-mail me here -> ***Ian***
GENERAL BOOKS - Songs and Tunes, Research
COUNTRIES - Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Hawai'i, Ireland, Man, Scotland, USA, Wales, etc.
DANCE - Morris, Social Dance, Sword Dancing etc.
PEOPLE - Individuals, Families and Groups from Joan Baez to Cyril Tawney
ONLINE RESOURCES - Links to Online Resources
Last Updated : 02-08-02 [last Post : 08-Jun-02]
Since this is getting to be a rather large piece of work, perhaps it would be appropriate to remind people that you can "search current page" in most web browsers.
In IE5, at least, you don't want the "Search" button on the bar at the top. This will try to search the entire www (the web, not the wobblies).
Click the "Edit" tag at the top of the screen, and select "Find (On this Page)" on the drop-down.
An alternate method is just to key "Ctrl-F", which is the standard mickeysoft shortcut to "Edit-Find.
JohnInKansas
By the way, I will include all suggestions for books which are individually recommended by people here. Pointers to other sites may be useful, but I reserve the right to decide whether I link to them or not (I will if they are generally good). I'm not about to copy whole chunks of HTML from elsewhere, though.Thanks for the suggestions.
Cheers!
Ian
Also see:
Songbooks Threads
School Songbooks Threads