Folk & Traditional

One of the music world's pre-eminent critics takes a fresh and much-needed look at the day Dylan "went electric" at the Newport Folk Festival, timed to coincide with the event's fiftieth anniversary. On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan...

This booklet contains the words of fifty well-known carols and hymns which can be sung by congregation or audience. Most of these are for Christmas, with the addition of some Advent, Epiphany, and Easter items. Virtually all appear in 100 Carols for...

Discover the remarkably honest and captivating story of one of the world's greatest ever singing talents, Sir Tom Jones 'Brilliantly told' SUNDAY TIMES 'A terrific, star-studded journey' DAILY EXPRESS ______ 'For a lot of years, I've answered a lot of...

74 of the most popular items from Carols for Choirs 1, 2 and 3 in one volume, plus 26 pieces new to the series. The volume contains both accompanied and unaccompanied items, and the Order of Service for a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. Orchestral...

Bob Dylan: All the Songs focuses on Dylan's creative process and his organic, unencumbered style of recording. It is the only book to tell the stories, many unfamiliar even to his most fervent fans, behind the more than 500 songs he has released over the...

A stunning celebration of the rich culture and fascinating history of Ireland featuring ten Irish illustrators. Discover everything that makes the Irish isle so special - from its famous landmarks to its myths and ...

Rob Young's Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Music is a seminal book on British music and cultural heritage, that spans the visionary classical and folk tradition from the nineteenth-century to the present day. 'A thoroughly enjoyable read...

Bound for Glory is the funny, cynical and earthy autobiography of Woody Guthrie, the father of American folk music. He tells of his childhood running wild in an Oklahoma oil-boom town, the tragedies that struck his family and of his life on the open road...

An epic journey through sea shanties, high tides and seven seasFrom the international bestselling singer comes The Book of Sea Shanties.The world sang in harmony with Nathan Evans, the Glaswegian postie turned singer of sea shanties. Join him as he takes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935243083Author Bertrand Harris BronsonFormat HardbackPage Count 594Imprint Loomis House PressPublisher Loomis House PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789333541Author Joseph AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Fundamental Changes LtdPublisher Fundamental Changes LtdWeight(grams)...

Christy Moore is in every sense Ireland's folk hero. Mentor to a whole generation of Irish musicians, he holds a unique place in musical history. In l992 he broke all attendance records during 12 packed nights at the Point in Dublin. In the UK he...

'Williams's memoir is as flinty, earthy and plain-spoken as her songs' New York Times 'The often hilarious, occasionally harrowing Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You is a bracingly candid chronicle of a sui generis character plotting a...

Funny, honest, brilliant and opinionated, A Drink with Shane MacGowan is the highly-acclaimed memoir of a true music icon.'One of the freshest, most original biographies I've ever read' - Lynne Barber, Observer'His candour, coupled with an acerbic wit,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847615541Author Murray GraingerPage Count 80Imprint Schott Music LtdPublisher Schott Music LtdWeight(grams) 310g

Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, engaging, and often wise" (The New York Times Book Review) voice, offers a lyrical, introspective, and unforgettable account of her past and her search for the first family of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865475311Author Ciaran CarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789332117Author Daryl KellieFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Fundamental Changes Ltd.Publisher Fundamental Changes Ltd.Weight(grams) 200g

Singing Like Larks opens a rare window onto the ancient song traditions of the British Isles, interweaving mesmerising lyrics, folklore and colourful nature writing to uncover the remarkable relationship between birds and traditional folk music. Birds...

Spell Songs is a musical companion piece to The Lost Words: A Spell Book by author Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris. This mixed media CD is accompanied by sumptuous illustrations from Jackie Morris, new 'spells' by Robert Macfarlane,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935243076Author Bertrand Harris BronsonFormat HardbackPage Count 516Imprint Loomis House PressPublisher Loomis House PressWeight(grams)...

This book contains 59 of the finest examples of the secular choral repertoire, ranging from the late 15th to the 20th century and spanning all the major European countries. All the pre-twentieth-century pieces are in completely new editions going back to...

Longlisted for the Penderyn Music Book PrizeEngland was once dubbed 'the land without music', but in the early twentieth century collectors and enthusiasts such as Cecil Sharp, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Percy Grainger discovered a vital heritage of folk...

The ultimate listening party guide, Booze and Vinyl shows you how to set the mood for 70 great records from the 1950s through the 2000s.From modern craft cocktails to old standbys, prepare to shake, stir, and just plain pour your way through some of the...

The Faber Music Christmas Piano Anthology is an essential collection of the greatest Christmas songs and carols, specially arranged for solo piano, for the intermediate pianist. The perfect gift for Christmas, this beautiful anthology includes favourites...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789607120076Author Gail Holst-WarhaftFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Denise Harvey (Publisher)Publisher Denise Harvey (Publisher)Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789334470Author Stuart RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Fundamental Changes LtdPublisher Fundamental Changes LtdWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm)...

Born in 1928 in a tent on the shore of Loch Fyne, Argyll, Duncan Williamson (d. 2007) eventually came to be recognized as one of the foremost storytellers in Scotland and the world. Webspinner: Songs, Stories, and Reflections of Duncan Williamson,...

Andrea Corr's Barefoot Pilgrimage is a compelling and honest memoir. In part, an exercise in coming to terms with and making sense of life and mortality following the loss of a beloved father; in part, a reflection on an unlikely journey with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358695264Author Sinead O'ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 454g

A SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZETHE BOOKSELLER'S Most Picked Book in General Non-Fiction Round Ups of 2017Peggy Seeger is one of folk music's most influential artists and songwriters. Born in New...

Terri Thal was very much a part of the folk music world in 1960s Greenwich Village, New York. Few people know that she was 21-year-old Bob Dylan's first manager prior to his contract with Albert Grossman and Columbia Records. She also managed musician...

The definitive collection of folk music - one of the great English popular art formsOne of the great English popular art forms, the folk song can be painful, satirical, erotic, dramatic, rueful or funny. This magical new collection brings together all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780739094211Author Alfred MusicFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)...

A third collection of 50 carols, mostly for SATB, some unaccompanied, and some having accompaniments for piano, organ, or orchestra. The carols reflect a diversity of styles and periods, while remaining within the capacity of an average group of amateur...

Twelve arrangements for unaccompanied SATB of folk-songs from the British Isles and North AmericaAbout the AuthorJohn Rutter studied music at Clare College, Cambridge and first came to notice as a composer and arranger of Christmas carols and other...

WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHORThe definitive biography of the late Leonard Cohen - singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist.The genius behind such classic songs as Suzanne, So Long, Marianne, Bird on the Wire and Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen has...

'Probably the most ambitious, generous and thorough volume about a musician to see publication' Mouth MagazineThe authorised companion to the music of Nick Drake, compiled, composed and edited by Cally Callomon and Gabrielle Drake, with contributions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525520542Author Dayton DuncanFormat HardbackPage Count 560Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 2166gDimensions(mm) 283mm * 242mm...

Acclaimed cultural critic Greil Marcus tells the story of Bob Dylan through the lens of seven penetrating songs "The most interesting writer on Dylan over the years has been the cultural critic Greil Marcus. . . . No one alive knows the music that...