| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
|---|
| Tradition And Innovation: Doc Watson And The Folk Revival, 1960-1964 |
2009 |
595 |
This thesis is an examination of the role of the folk revival in the beginnings of Arthel "Doc" Watson's career as a professional musician from 1960-1964, as well as a survey of his different musical influences, with a focus on those seminal to his f... |
| "I Love To Hear Those Old Hymns Played On The Violin": A Documentation And Analysis Of The Secular Instrumental Music And Old Baptist Hymn Singing Of Jack McGinnis |
2004 |
372 |
Jack MCGinnis, born and reared in southeastern Ashe County, North Carolina, fervently carries the music traditions of his family and community into the twenty-first century. This thesis, built around two years of interviewing and recording sessions,p... |
| "That Ain't Old-Time": The Shifting Ambassadorship Of Appalachian Old-Time Music |
2009 |
664 |
Appalachian old-time music, or acoustic folk music from the southern Appalachians before the mid-1920s, was first disseminated to a national audience during the nascent years of the recording industry. Now, depending on which old-time music festival ... |