In May 1991 the Richard Reuss Memorial Folk Music Conference, the first of its kind, was held at Indiana University in Bloomington. For two days a stellar gathering of folk music performers, scholars, journalists, and activists discussed their memories of the folk music revival in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. These presentations, now substantially revised and published for the first time, give an exciting overview of the revival from a variety of important and stimulating perspectives. Various key performers and folklorists give personal accounts of the time, while Irwin Sibler (editor of Sing Out!) and Jon Pankake and Barry Hansen (editors of The Little Sandy Review) discuss the development and role of the leading folk music magazines. These essays retain the idiosyncrasies of the original presentations, while giving multiple insights and understandings of the folk music revival, a crucial cultural and musical moment in recent U.S. history, as well as racial, gender, and political differences within the revival, popular versus traditional folk music styles, and much more. Scholars and students of folk music and popular music of the 1950s and 1960s, as well as those interested in American popular culture in general, will benefit from these wide-ranging and stimulating essays. Cloth edition [0-8108-2955-X] previously published in 1995.

About the Author
Ronald D. Cohen is Professor of History at Indiana University Northwest.

Reviews
...a timely resource for the growing interest in the social history of the 1950s and '60s...highly recommended for all libraries with folk music readers. * CHOICE *
..an absolutely critical complement to the academic papers by revival participants turned scholars that form Neil Rosenberg's amazing Transforming Tradition...[It] sucked me into reading it in a single page turning orgy as I would a Harry Crews or Clyde Edgerton novel. Nothing previously published provides the depth of insight into the falling out between the singer-songwriters and traditional folk-music revivalists...no reader...will be disappointed with this remarkable collection. * Folk Alliance Newsletter *
...a delightful and insightful contribution...all of the essays in the book are informative, well-written and opinionated. * Sing Out! *



Book Information
ISBN 9780810841703
Author Ronald D. Cohen
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Scarecrow Press
Publisher Scarecrow Press
Weight(grams) 345g
Dimensions(mm) 209mm * 140mm * 20mm