A variety of reading pertinent to this class.

Fieldwork | Folklife and Fieldwork: A Layman's Introduction to Field Techniques by Peter Bartis

Ballads| Early Child Ballads | Appalachian Music |

Early Country Music | Carter Family | Carter Songs |Jimmie Rodgers |Bristol 

Bluegrass | Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs |Musicians you should know (pdf) | Learning Bluegrass | Bluegrass Lyrics

Cowboy Music | History | Songs

Western Swing |History 

Cajun/Zydeco |Cajun | Zydeco | Creole |

Polka Polka Dance History

Klezmer History

Shape Note | Sacred Harp Singing

Blues |Rural Blues |Early Performers | Chicago |History |

Tejano & Copnjunto | Tejano History| Musicians you should know 

Mariachi | Mariachi (Texas) | What is Mariachi?

Native American Tatonka |  Omaha ( LOC )| Denver powwow |

Folk Revival | History |

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