Description
Folk music of the 1960s and 1970s was a genre that was always shifting and expanding, yet somehow never found room for so many. In the sounds of soul-folk, Black artists like Terry Callier and Linda Lewis began to reclaim their space in the genre, and use it to bring their own traditions to light- the jazz, the blues, the field hollers, the spirituals- and creating something wholly new, wholly theirs, wholly ours.
This book traces the growing imprints of soul-folk and how it made its way from folk tradition to subgenre. Along the way, it explores the musicians, albums, and histories that made the genre what it is.Author: Ashawnta Jackson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 10/31/2024
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 7.78h x 5.12w x 0.35d
ISBN13: 9798765103456
BISAC Categories:
- Music | History & Criticism | General
- Social Science | Cultural & Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Bl
- Music | Genres & Styles | Soul & R&B
About the Author
Ashawnta Jackson is a writer based in Brooklyn. She writes mostly about music and culture and has written for Atlas Obscura, Artsy, Crime Reads, Bandcamp, JSTOR Daily, The Whitney Museum, and most recently Vinyl Me Please, where she wrote the liner notes for the reissue of Lee Morgan's Take Twelve. Earlier in her career, she was on the radio at KMHD Jazz Radio in Portland, OR.