The Conscience of the Folk Revival: The Writings of Israel Izzy Young by Barretta, Scott

The Conscience of the Folk Revival: The Writings of Israel "Izzy" Young (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780810883086)

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Format: Hardcover
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The Conscience of the Folk Revival: The Writings of Israel Izzy Young by Barretta, Scott

The Conscience of the Folk Revival: The Writings of Israel "Izzy" Young

$121.00
The Conscience of the Folk Revival: The Writings of Israel Izzy Young by Barretta, Scott

The Conscience of the Folk Revival: The Writings of Israel "Izzy" Young

$121.00
Format: Hardcover
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The Conscience of the Folk Revival: The Writings of Israel "Izzy" Young collects Young's writing, from his regular "Frets and Frails" column for Sing Out! Magazine (1959-1969) to his commentaries on such contentious issues as copyright and commercialism. A key collection of primary sources on the American countercultural scene in New York City, this work will interest not only folk music fans, but students and scholars of American social and cultural history.

Author: Scott Barretta
ISBN-10: 0810883082
ISBN-13: 9780810883086
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Language: English
Published: 12/19/2012
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2013
By Scott Barretta
By Scott Barretta
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Scott Barretta is an instructor of sociology at the University of Mississippi, a writer/researcher for the Mississippi Blues Trail, and the host of the Highway 61 radio show on Mississippi Public Broadcasting. He is former editor of the magazines Jefferson (Swedish) and Living Blues and has written for magazines such as MOJO, Oxford American, and SingOut!

Israel Goodman "Izzy" Young, born in Manhattan in 1928, opened the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village in 1957, which sold books, music, and instruments, and served as the unofficial epicenter of the emerging folk music scene. Both on his own and as a founding member of the Friends of Old Time Music, Young staged hundreds of concerts, including most famously Bob Dylan's first. From 1959 to 1969 Young chronicled the folk revival through his "Frets to Frails" column in Sing Out!, where he both documented day-to-day events and also addressed contentious issues including commercialism and copyright. In 1973 Young moved to Stockholm, where he founded the Folklore Centrum.

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