Brisbane Folk. Folk Music In Brisbane 1950 To Now

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Wild House Books
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2019
Edition: First Edition

Description: 442 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Brisbane has the most vibrant folk scene in Australia. From humble beginnings in the 50s, Queensland has generated a passionate and organised community of singers, dancers, musicians, songwriters, instrument-makers and - yes, historical recreationists. People from many walks of life, countries of birth and shades of political persuasion identify as folkies, bound together by a common ethos as powerful and enduring as it is hard to define.Yet folk functions as an underground movement, barely recognised by mainstream culture. Ask someone on the street about folk music and theyll say it wandered into the sunset humming I Shall Be Released around 1975. The folk interviewed for this book, aged 9 to 90, tell a different story - in fact, hundreds of them.Here for the first time the Brisbane folk community reflects on this creative, cohesive, multi-generational sub-culture. How has folk music shaped and been shaped by the states political evolution Where does the Brisbane folk scene intersect with Queensland, Australia, the world And whats coming nextPacked with shenanigans, insight, tragedy, love and phone-tapping, with its blood alcohol content perhaps a little high but its heart firmly in the right place, Brisbane Folk will make you feel the music.

ISBN: 9780648710509