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D.E. Cottrell Member Posts: 93 From: Forest Knolls, CA, USA Registered: May 2005 |
posted 04-27-2008 14:24
  
There's an article in the newest New Yorker (April 28th, 2008) called "The Last Verse: Where can folk music still be found?" by Burkhand Bilger. It's worth a read. It discusses music collecting and issues related to the popularity (or lack thereof) of folk music. IP: Logged |
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Sharpie Member Posts: 190 From: Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A. Registered: Feb 2006 |
posted 04-27-2008 14:51
Here is a online slideshow from the article in the New Yorker. Also check out the 14 minute audio interview. [This message has been edited by Sharpie (edited 04-27-2008).] IP: Logged |
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eskimo Member Posts: 3513 From: Midwest Registered: Feb 2004 |
posted 04-27-2008 15:11
Really good article. They (Dust-To-Digital) totally mismarketed that bass compilation though - that's why they have a basement full of them. I got it and it's just great old music. All their stuff is worth hearing though. [This message has been edited by eskimo (edited 04-27-2008).] IP: Logged |
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Paul Hostetter Member Posts: 284 From: Santa Cruz, California Registered: Apr 2004 |
posted 04-27-2008 17:22
I liked the article a great deal, but was a bit disturbed by Bilger's claim that, when John Lomax first field recorded blues, which was around 1910 at the earliest, the blues genre was younger than hip-hop is now. Because there's so little documentation on Black music in the 19th C, I think he's on very thin ice, and I'm not sure what point there is to such a claim anyway. It was nice to get the reminder that Art Rosenbaum was responsible for rediscovering Scrapper Blackwell, though the only recording from that connection, that 1962 Prestige LP, was a bit wobbly. If he'd only lasted long enough to start gigging and get back into shape - you could tell he still had it. Bilger's last piece in the New Yorker was about Ken Parker's odd archtops. Not to be too cynical I hope, but I suspect he got a great deal on one of them for this trouble there! IP: Logged |
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DottedQuarter Member Posts: 286 From: Baltimore, MD, USA Registered: Jan 2006 |
posted 04-27-2008 18:02
I actually thought the comment comparing blues with hip-hop was quite apt. Sure, he was taking a bit of license, but certainly it's not far-fetched to assert that the blues as we recognize it developed around the turn of the century--many would probably place it later than that. The point, as I took it, was to put Lomax's effort into context for modern readers and to remind us that hip-hop is the modern descendant of the blues. Nice bit of writing, IMO. --DQ IP: Logged |
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Paul Hostetter Member Posts: 284 From: Santa Cruz, California Registered: Apr 2004 |
posted 04-28-2008 08:11
DQ, I see your point. Thanks. IP: Logged |
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