A Guide to the Crooked Road - Virginia's Heritage Music Trail

Informationen zum Autor Joe Wilson was a music historian, folklorist, and chairman of the National Council for the Traditional Arts. Raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains, he learned ballads from his mother, guitar from his uncle, and “Jack” tales from a neighbor. He also heard his great-aunt, known to early radio audiences as “Carolina Sally,” play banjo on his back porch. He has produced 41 large-scale music festivals in 11 states, and was one of the driving forces behind the creation of the Crooked Road. In 2001 he was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment for the Arts. Klappentext Joe Wilson is a guide to a state-endorsed 250-mile trail that focuses on Virginia's musical heritage. Includes two CDs featuring narrated information about sites along the trail and examples of Appalachian traditional music. Zusammenfassung A guide to the Crooked Road, a 250-mile driving route through southwestern Virginia, officially designated as Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail.

Product details

• Authors: Joe Wilson
• Publisher: Blair John F Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2006
• EAN: 9780895873279
• ISBN: 978-0-89587-327-9
• No. of pages: 225
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 267 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Travel > Travel guides > North and Central America; TRAVEL / General, MUSIC / Reference, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional