Comments on: The Music of the People: Appalachian Ballads and the Search for the Authentic in the 1960s American Folk Music Revival /2021/04/03/anna-halgash/ Wed, 02 Jun 2021 21:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Janice Keeler /2021/04/03/anna-halgash/#comment-22965 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 23:08:03 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7240#comment-22965 Thank you for your work, and for the interesting approach of comparing Jean Ritchie and Bob Dylan. I had not heard of Jean Ritchie, but have just ordered the album you linked to.
I wonder if you ran across the University of Chicago Folk Festival in your research? This year was the 61st Annual, and it was virtual this year: . This was started in the 1960s by students interested in “authentic” folk music. It includes a lot of Appalachian performers, but also in recent years a wider variety of “folk” traditions. If you’re ever in Chicago in early February, there are two concerts (normally not free, unlike this year) and a full day of free folk music and folk dancing workshops on Saturday. It’s usually recorded by the Chicago NPR station WBEZ, so some of it may be accessible that way. I think it’s interesting that the festival has been carried on for this long.
If you want to talk about these traditions further, students involved in the festival would probably be interested in your research.

]]> By: Janice Keeler /2021/04/03/anna-halgash/#comment-10899 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 23:08:03 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7240#comment-10899 Thank you for your work, and for the interesting approach of comparing Jean Ritchie and Bob Dylan. I had not heard of Jean Ritchie, but have just ordered the album you linked to.
I wonder if you ran across the University of Chicago Folk Festival in your research? This year was the 61st Annual, and it was virtual this year: . This was started in the 1960s by students interested in “authentic” folk music. It includes a lot of Appalachian performers, but also in recent years a wider variety of “folk” traditions. If you’re ever in Chicago in early February, there are two concerts (normally not free, unlike this year) and a full day of free folk music and folk dancing workshops on Saturday. It’s usually recorded by the Chicago NPR station WBEZ, so some of it may be accessible that way. I think it’s interesting that the festival has been carried on for this long.
If you want to talk about these traditions further, students involved in the festival would probably be interested in your research.

]]> By: Jack Cleland /2021/04/03/anna-halgash/#comment-10898 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 21:59:25 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7240#comment-10898 Thanks for your work and presentation, Anna. I enjoyed reading it and I’m still thinking about it. You have added to my understanding and appreciation of the great Mr. Dylan.
If you continue your work on this field of music (and I hope that you do!), you could consider some of the groups that took “traditional folk” music to new “folk rock” places, like the Byrds, The Band, and Country Joe. It would be interesting to get your thoughts on whether/how these “folk rockers” extended the revivalists’ departures from “traditional folk” for the same, or different, political and social goals. Thanks again; well done!

]]> By: Jack Cleland /2021/04/03/anna-halgash/#comment-22964 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 21:59:25 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7240#comment-22964 Thanks for your work and presentation, Anna. I enjoyed reading it and I’m still thinking about it. You have added to my understanding and appreciation of the great Mr. Dylan.
If you continue your work on this field of music (and I hope that you do!), you could consider some of the groups that took “traditional folk” music to new “folk rock” places, like the Byrds, The Band, and Country Joe. It would be interesting to get your thoughts on whether/how these “folk rockers” extended the revivalists’ departures from “traditional folk” for the same, or different, political and social goals. Thanks again; well done!

]]> By: Kath Scott /2021/04/03/anna-halgash/#comment-10897 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 21:53:32 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7240#comment-10897 Congrats on finishing your I.S.! Your presentation was really pretty and very easy to follow. Great job. I wanted to ask– why did you choose this topic? What kind of music do you like to listen to?

]]> By: Kath Scott /2021/04/03/anna-halgash/#comment-22963 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 21:53:32 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7240#comment-22963 Congrats on finishing your I.S.! Your presentation was really pretty and very easy to follow. Great job. I wanted to ask– why did you choose this topic? What kind of music do you like to listen to?

]]> By: Anna Halgash /2021/04/03/anna-halgash/#comment-10896 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 21:21:40 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7240#comment-10896 In reply to Holly Engel.

I think Dylan’s oeuvre was an important addition, yes, considering evolution is inherent to any music genre. Pursuing your own journey as a “lone wolf” of sorts while simultaneously an icon of a multifaceted music movement is never easy, and Dylan was never comfortably adhering to the rules of a movement. Inevitably, this led to clashes in perspective between him and his fans. But I think Dylan nevertheless appreciated his process of self-discovery — he probably had to check his fingers to make sure he wasn’t dreaming!

]]> By: Anna Halgash /2021/04/03/anna-halgash/#comment-22962 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 21:21:40 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7240#comment-22962 In reply to Holly Engel.

I think Dylan’s oeuvre was an important addition, yes, considering evolution is inherent to any music genre. Pursuing your own journey as a “lone wolf” of sorts while simultaneously an icon of a multifaceted music movement is never easy, and Dylan was never comfortably adhering to the rules of a movement. Inevitably, this led to clashes in perspective between him and his fans. But I think Dylan nevertheless appreciated his process of self-discovery — he probably had to check his fingers to make sure he wasn’t dreaming!

]]> By: Prof. Claire Eager /2021/04/03/anna-halgash/#comment-10895 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 21:13:26 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7240#comment-10895 In reply to Anna Halgash.

Thank you! I look forward to reading more.

]]> By: Prof. Claire Eager /2021/04/03/anna-halgash/#comment-22961 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 21:13:26 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7240#comment-22961 In reply to Anna Halgash.

Thank you! I look forward to reading more.

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