![]() ![]() Romancing the Folk: Public Memory & American Roots Music by Benjamin Filene ![]() ![]() EpsteinĪfrican Banjo Echoes in Appalachia by Cecelia Conway Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War by Dena J. Hoedowns, Reels & Frolics by Phil Jamison Way up North in Dixie: A Black Family's Claim to the Confederate Anthem (Music in American Life) by Howard Sacks It’s simply a place to start looking:Īfrican Banjo Echoes In Appalachia: A Study of Folk Traditions by Cecelia Conway This list isn’t exhaustive, and it isn’t expertly curated. RESOURCE LIST: HISTORY OF AMERICAN FOLKWAYS We invite you to join in the learning and growth. Part of loving something is seeing it for what it has been and is, and we believe it’s critical to examine the ways folk dance and music have been used as oppressive tools in order to genuinely practice these folk arts in new, transformative ways that enable social justice. We’re continually asking ourselves these questions, and doing a lot of reading to better understand the true history of the folkways we practice. What is the hidden history of American Folkways? Why was it hidden? ![]()
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