This episode covers the emergence of the commercial recording industry into the story of the Child Ballads with producers like Ralph Peer, performers like The Carter Family, and “songweriters” like A.P. Carter all transforming the ballads for a new popular audience.
Dave Thompson and Nate Wilcox also discuss the emergence of the first “folk revivalists”…
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The Carter Family popularized the Child Ballads and Burl Ives built a new tradition
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The Carter Family popularized the Child Ballads and Burl Ives built a new tradition
An interview with Dave Thompson author of "An Evolving Tradition: The Child Ballads in Modern Folk & Rock
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Nate Wilcox's "Let it Roll" is a podcast about the history of popular music from the 19th Century to the 21st.
Nate Wilcox's "Let it Roll" is a podcast about the history of popular music from the 19th Century to the 21st. Appears in episode
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