BACKROADS OF AMERICAN MUSIC » Folk http://backroadsofamericanmusic.com Thu, 24 May 2012 04:46:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Great Lakes Folk Festival a beloved East Lansing tradition http://backroadsofamericanmusic.com/great-lakes-folk-festival-a-beloved-east-lansing-tradition/1046/ http://backroadsofamericanmusic.com/great-lakes-folk-festival-a-beloved-east-lansing-tradition/1046/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:52:35 +0000 http://backroadsofamericanmusic.com/great-lakes-folk-festival-a-beloved-east-lansing-tradition/1046/ Great Lakes Folk Festival a beloved East Lansing tradition
The Great Lakes Folk Festival returns this weekend, now in a compact, concise form. The bad news? Valley Court Park, which gave the festival its evening flavor, will be ignored.

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Newest musicians and old?

]]> http://backroadsofamericanmusic.com/what-are-the-best-folk-blues-musicians/662/feed/ 7 How did Jazz, Blues, and Folk Music affect American society in the 1920s-1930s? http://backroadsofamericanmusic.com/how-did-jazz-blues-and-folk-music-affect-american-society-in-the-1920s-1930s/585/ http://backroadsofamericanmusic.com/how-did-jazz-blues-and-folk-music-affect-american-society-in-the-1920s-1930s/585/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 03:52:08 +0000 http://backroadsofamericanmusic.com/how-did-jazz-blues-and-folk-music-affect-american-society-in-the-1920s-1930s/585/ Effectively discuss the cultural, political and economic effects Jazz, Blues and Folk music had on American society in the 1920s and 1930s. Be sure to include a thorough discussion of the cultural history of the times and how each form of music dramatically shifted the social, political and economic landscapes of American History.

-we are to write a 3-5 page analysias, and i seriously know nothing about the topic, so if you guys can give me a hand that would be great!

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