Kentucky Folkmusic: An Annotated Bibliography - Paperback

by Burt Feintuch (Author)

In 1899, a fundraising program for Berea College featured a group of students from the mountains of eastern Kentucky singing traditional songs from their homes. The audience was entranced. That small en-counter at the end of the last century lies near the beginning of an unparalleled national-and international-fascination with the indigenous music of a single state. Kentucky has long figured prominently in our national sense of traditional music. Over the years, a diverse group of people-reform

Author Biography

Burt Feintuch is associate professor of folk studies at Western Kentucky University.