Fiona Ritchie
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The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xx, 361 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm + 1 CD (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
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Documents the connection between Appalachian folk music and its roots in the traditional ballads and tunes from the British Isles and Ireland, a musical form that merged with such influences as African American, French, and Cherokee.
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