Was Folk Music a Commie Plot
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9200887 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mat Callahan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 52-59 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Monthly Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520 |
| Publisher | Monthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14452/mr-072-11-2021-04_9 |
| OpenAlex | W3146124868 |
| Language | EN |
The revival of folk music—music derived from rural southern sources, unamplified, and, to a large extent, comprised of old songs of anonymous origin—was more than just another fad. Folk music encapsulated longings for an idyllic past, for a time before crass commercialism turned music into a commodity, and for relationships between musicians and audiences that were egalitarian and holistic
Aesthetics · Art · Commercialism · Commodity · Economics · Folk music · Folk song · Literature · Musical · Plot (graphics) · Popular music · Theology · History · Music History and Culture · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |