A downloadable 22-page zine about the folk music of Pennsylvania. Within her wild woodland borders lies a key crossroads between the common folk inheritance of the Appalachian Mountain Region and the gloomy, industrial mood of the Rust Belt spanning across the Great Lakes.
The vernacular English and Scots-Irish (or Ulster-Scots) traditions are a foundational piece of mountain music as we know it today, and Pennsylvania remains no exception to that enduring truth. Volume three explores the ballads imported by British and Scots-Irish Settlers, both preserved and innovated on by those who made the commonwealth their home. Five songs are featured here, including Lord Darnell, The Glooms of Ligonier, and The Six King’s Daughters. Included are gorgeous maps from Pennsylvania’s early history and photographs from the Farm Security Administration Collection.
Please reach out through my contact form if you are a folklorist or musician who can’t afford the fee and I’ll be happy to send this PDF along for free.
A downloadable 22-page zine about the folk music of Pennsylvania. Within her wild woodland borders lies a key crossroads between the common folk inheritance of the Appalachian Mountain Region and the gloomy, industrial mood of the Rust Belt spanning across the Great Lakes.
The vernacular English and Scots-Irish (or Ulster-Scots) traditions are a foundational piece of mountain music as we know it today, and Pennsylvania remains no exception to that enduring truth. Volume three explores the ballads imported by British and Scots-Irish Settlers, both preserved and innovated on by those who made the commonwealth their home. Five songs are featured here, including Lord Darnell, The Glooms of Ligonier, and The Six King’s Daughters. Included are gorgeous maps from Pennsylvania’s early history and photographs from the Farm Security Administration Collection.
Please reach out through my contact form if you are a folklorist or musician who can’t afford the fee and I’ll be happy to send this PDF along for free.
