Romancing the Folk: Public Memory & American Roots Music. .
Radical Teacher › Nbr. 2003, June 2003
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Romancing the Folk: Public Memory & American Roots Music. .
By Benjamin Filene (University of North Carolina Press, 2000)
In 1999, the popular DJ and electronic performer Moby released Play, an album of vintage American field recordings expropriated as dance music. Though the album was largely a commercial and critical success, it also spawned a loud critical backlash. How could a pop artist disrespect pure folk song for the sake of crass popular tastes? How could these simple songs be so debased? What about their cultural heritage? Was nothing sacred? In Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots Music, Benjamin Filene aptly demonstrates that, far from being a recent phenomeno...See the full content of this document
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