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Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career. Unknown to him, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon. Long rumored there to be dead, two fans, record store owner Stephen Segerman and journalist Craig Bartholomew-Strydom, decided to seek out the truth of his fate.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A revealing look at the early years of Richard Thompson, one of the world's most influential guitarists and songwriters, following the formation of his band Fairport Convention, his revival of British folk traditions, and his journey through Sufism-all before the age of 26"--
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Chronicles the life and music of one of the greatest British singers of her time and the first female singer-songwriter to produce a substantial and enduring body of original songs, laying down the marker for folk-rock and collaborating with the likes of such bands as Led Zeppelin before her tragic and untimely death in 1978,"--NoveList.
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Peggy Seeger is one of folk music's most influential artists and songwriters. Born in New York City in 1935, she enjoyed a childhood steeped in music and left-wing politics - they remain her lifeblood. After college, she traveled to Russia and China - against US advice - before arriving in London, where she met the man with whom she would raise three children and share the next thirty-three years: Ewan MacColl. Together, they helped lay the foundations...
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