Folk music
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A history of folk music festivals in the United Sates
Native American legends
Passing the music down
Read 'em and weep
The Honey Gatherers: Travels with The Bauls
Why we left
Jamaican song and story
The day the dancers stayed
The Garland handbook of Latin American music
Religion within the limits of reason alone
Writings and drawings
And a Voice to Sing With
The story of the Jubilee Singers
Music in East Africa
Music of the Peoples of the World
Invisible Republic
Sang Branch settlers
Afro-American folksongs
Negro slave songs in the United States
Cardboard Folk Instruments to Make & Play
In search of the blues
Palestinian Arab music
Music at the margins
The American Songbag
Ain't you got a right to the tree of life?
Texas and southwestern lore
Reggae routes
Folk song of the American Negro
The Book of American Negro Poetry
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