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America Over the Water
- Author
- Shirley Collins
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 20 January 2022
- Run Time
- 3 hours 57 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
'Without doubt one of England's greatest cultural treasures' Billy Bragg
In America Over the Water, celebrated English folksinger Shirley Collins offers an affecting account of her year-long stint as assistant to legendary musical historian and folklorist Alan Lomax. Together, they travelled to Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Georgia, discovering Mississippi Fred McDowell and many others, in their tireless work to uncover the traditional music of America's heartland.
Blending the personal story of Shirley Collins' relationship with Lomax and offering a unique first-hand account of a country on the brink of the civil rights era, America Over the Water cuts right to the heart of the blues in a fascinating account of Collins' and Lomax's ground-breaking journey across the southern states of the USA to record the music that started it all.
Originally published over fifteen years ago, this definitive edition includes a new introduction by Shirley Collins.
Critics Review
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Shirley is a time traveller, a conduit for essential human aches, one of the greatest artists who ever lived, and yet utterly humble
Stewart Lee
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Without doubt one of England's greatest cultural treasures
Billy Bragg
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Details
- Author
- Shirley Collins
- Narrator
- David Tibet, Pip Barnes, Shirley Collins
- Duration
- 3 hours 57 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 January 2022
- ISBN
- 9781474625258
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Memoirs, Traditional and folk music, Autobiography: arts and entertainment
Synopsis
'Shirley is a time traveller, a conduit for essential human aches, one of the greatest artists who ever lived' Stewart Lee'Without doubt one of England's greatest cultural treasures' Billy BraggIn America Over the Water, celebrated English folksinger Shirley Collins offers an affecting account of her year-long stint as assistant to legendary musical historian and folklorist Alan Lomax. Together, they travelled to Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Georgia, discovering Mississippi Fred McDowell and many others, in their tireless work to uncover the traditional music of America's heartland. Blending the personal story of Shirley Collins' relationship with Lomax and offering a unique first-hand account of a country on the brink of the civil rights era, America Over the Water cuts right to the heart of the blues in a fascinating account of Collins' and Lomax's ground-breaking journey across the southern states of the USA to record the music that started it all. Originally published over fifteen years ago, this definitive edition includes a new introduction by Shirley Collins.
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