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      This page lists Music Reference Books which include "Folk", "Celtic" or "World Folk" in their title, or whose primary focus is Folk, Celtic Music or World Folk. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of every book ever published about these genres of music. It is just a list of similar books from all the books I own "{A}" or have personally referenced in local Wisconsin libraries.

      New pages split off from my original Bibliography page

{..} = Who owns, or owned, this reference book (see the complete code list in library)

Complete details in order by author and date (top/bottom of page)
| A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M |
| N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z |

B  

1. #aa - Baggelaar, Kristin & Donald Milton.   {A}{C}{F}{I} - cover scans
         "Folk Music: More Than A Song"
         New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell Company
         1976, 419 p., ISBN: 0-690-01159-8, ISBN-13: 978-0-690-01159-3, LC: 76-3547, no UPC
       781.620973 - B144f (.C), R - 781.62 - Bag (.F), R - ML 3551 .B17 (.I)
       [a fascinating and fact filled book, but the only book I can recall that includes "dead-end" cross references: e.g., the entry for "The Albion Country band" only says "See Ashley Hutchings", and the entry for "Ashley Hutchings" only says "See Fairport Convention"]

2. #8j - Baggelaar, Kristin & Donald Milton.   {A} - cover scans
         "The Folk Music Encyclopaedia" [reprint of "Folk Music: More Than a Song"]
         London/New York/Sydney: Omnibus Press, A division of Book Sales Limited
         1977, 419 p., ISBN: 0-86001-396-0, ISBN-13: 978-0-86001-396-9 (paperback), no LC, no UPC
       ISBN: 0-86001-309-X, ISBN-13: 978-0-86001-309-9 (hardcover) no LC, no UPC {B}

3. #du - Berman, Leslie & Heather Wood   {A} - cover scans
         "Grass Roots International Folk Resource Directory, 3rd ed."
         New York, NY: A Tom Doherty Associates Book
         1993, 384 p., ISSN: 8755-6855, ISBN: 0-312-85490-0, ISBN-13: 978-0-312-85490-4, LC: ?, UPC: 9-780312-854904
   1st ed., 1985, ISBN: 0-9614589-0-9, ISBN-13: 978-0-9614589-0-4
   2nd ed., 1987, ISBN: 0-9614589-1-7, ISBN-13: 978-0-9614589-1-1

4. #ad - Brunnings, Florence E.   {A}{C} - cover scans
         "Folk Song Index: A Comprehensive Guide to the Florence E. Brunnings Collection"
         New York, NY: Garland Publishing, Inc.
         1981, 357 p., ISBN: 0-8240-9462-X, ISBN-13: 978-0-8240-9462-1, LC: 80-8522, UPC: ?
       R - 784.40016 - B897f (.C)

   C  

5. #wa - Carlin, Richard   {A} - cover scans
         "American Popular Music: Folk",
         New York, NY: Checkmark Books, An imprint of Infobase Publishing
         2007, 286 p., ISBN (paperback): 0-8160-7340-6, ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-7340-5, LC: 2005-445, UPC: 9-780816-073405
         ISBN (hardcover): 0-8160-5313-8, ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-5313-1

   F  

6. #1v - Folk Alliance   {A} - cover scans
         "The North American Folk Business Directory 2000/2001"
         Washington, DC: North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance
         2000, 145 p., no ISBN, LC or UPC

   G  

7. #ak - Grafman, Howard & B.T. Manning.   {A}{C} - cover scans
         "Folk Music USA",
         art editor Robert Amft, New York, NY: The Citadel Press
         1962, 144 p., ISBN: ISBN: none, LC: 62-8738
         Articles: "The American Folk Music Revival" by Pete Seeger and "The Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago" by Win Stracke, a picture and one or two sentences about 58 artists/groups, and discographies.
       784.4 - Gr (.C)

8. #1u - Graves, Anna Hunt   {A} - cover scans
         "Folk: The Life, Times, & Music Series"
         New York, NY: Friedman/Fairfax Publishers
         1994, 72 p., ISBN: 1-56799-130-0, ISBN-13: 978-1-56799-130-7, LC: 95-137517, UPC: 9-781567-991307

   H  

9. #vq - Steve Hazell   {A} - cover scans
         "The Kindred Path: A biography of a friendship"
         Self published by Lulu Press, Inc.
         2014, 180 p., ISBN: 1-304-82831-X, ISBN-13: 978-1-304-82831-6, LC: ?, UPC: 9-781304-828316
         A tribute to the late Bob Weitzel, an autobiography of Steve Hazell's career as a Singer/Songwriter Folk Music performer, and the 1990-2014 history of the Green Apple Friends of Folk (early 1980's-1994) / Green Apple Folk Music Society (1994-) of Appleton, Wisconsin.

   K  

10. #dk - Kwnick, Helen Q.   {A}{C} - cover scans
          "Where is the Way: Song and Struggle in South Africa"
          New York, NY: Penguin Books
          1990, 378 p., ISBN: 0-14-012895-6, ISBN-13: 978-0-14-012895-6, LC: 89-49495, UPC: 9-780140-128956
        781.6296 - K62w (.C)

    L  

11. #vy - Larkin, Colin ed. - cover scans   {A}
          "The Guinness Who's Who of Folk Music"
          Enfield, Middlesex, U.K.: Guinness Publishing, Inc.
          1993, 320 p., ISBN: 0-85112-741-X, ISBN-13: 978-0-85112-741-5, LC: none, UPC: 9-780851-127415

12. #au - Lawless, Ray McKinley (1896-1968)   {A}{C}{F} - cover scans
          "Folksingers and Folksongs in America: a handbook of biography, bibliography and discography, 1st ed."
          New York, NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce
          1960, 662 p., ISBN: none, LC: 60-005451
          (Discography pp. 485-630 (about 700 LPs!), "The listing approximates completeness for the decade 1948 to 1958.")
       781.620973 - L418f (.C), 784.4973 - Law (.F)

13. #av - Lawless, Ray McKinley (1896-1968)   {A}{C}{I} - cover scans
          "Folksingers and Folksongs in America: a handbook of biography, bibliography and discography, 2nd ed." (New Revised Edition with Special Supplement)
          New York, NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce
          1965, 750 p., ISBN: none, LC: 65-021677
          "New York, NY: Meredith Press, 2nd printing, April 1968" appears in later printings
          (Note: the author passed away in 1968, hence no further editions)
       R - 784.4973 - L418 (.C), R - ML 3550 .L4 (.I)

14. #vm - Lawless, Ray McKinley (1896-1968)   {A} - cover scans
          "Folksingers and Folksongs in America: a handbook of biography, bibliography and discography, 2nd ed. reprint"
          (New Revised Edition with Special Supplement)
          Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, Publishers
          1981, 750 p. complete reprint of the #av 1965 2nd ed.
          ISBN: 0-313-23104-4, 978-0-313-23104-9, LC: 81-006398

15. #gy - Leblanc, Andrea & Brian Young (ed.).   {A} - cover scans
          "1997 Kerrville Touring Directory for Singer Songwriters and other Acoustic Artists"
          Kerrville, TX: Kerrville Music Foundation - Kerrville Folk Festival
          1997, 451 p., ISBN: ?, LC: ?, UPC: ?

16. #gz - Leblanc, Andrea (ed.).   {A} - cover scans
          "1998 Kerrville Touring Directory for Singer Songwriters and other Acoustic Artists"
          Kerrville, TX: Kerrville Music Foundation - Kerrville Folk Festival
          1998, 312 p., ISBN: ?, LC: ?, UPC: ?

17. #ax - Lifton, Sarah   {A}{F} - cover scans
          "The Listener's Guide to Folk Music",
          New York, NY: Facts On File
          1983, 140 p., ISBN: 0-87196-720-0, ISBN-13: 978-0-87196-720-6, LC: 82-15390, no UPC
        781.6 - Lif (.F)

18. #cz - Lumpkin, Ben Gray (1901-1982) (compiler & ed.) & Norman L. McNeil,   {A} - cover scans
          "Folksongs on Records: Issue Three",
          Boulder, CO: Folksongs on Records / Denver, CO: Alan Swallow, Publisher
          1950,98 p., ISBN, LC & UPC: none, ASIN: B000Z2FR5Q

    M  

19. #in 1994, Martin. "Farmhouse Fiddlers: Music & Dance Traditions in the Rural Midwest"   {A}

20. #wm - McGee, Marty.   {A} - cover scans
          "Traditional Musicians of the Central Blue Ridge: Old Time, Early Country, Folk and Bluegrass Label Recording Artists with Discographies",
          Foreword: Bobby Patterson, Jefferson, NC / London, U.K.: Mcfarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
          2000, 235 p., ISBN: 0-7864-0876-6, ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-0876-4, LC: ?, UPC: 9-780786-408764

    N  

21. #es - Nettl, Bruno. (1930-) {C}
          "An Introduction to Folk Music in the United States, 1st ed."
          Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press
          1960, 122 p., ISBN: none, ASIN: B007QA8HNE or B0000D0DAF, LC: 60-8650
       784.4973 - N475f (.C)

22. #sb - Nettl, Bruno. (1930-) {C}
          "An Introduction to Folk Music in the United States, 2nd ed."
          revised with index, Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press
          1962, 126 p., ISBN: none, LC: 62-16346

23. #vn - Nettl, Bruno. (1930-) {A} - cover scans
          "An Introduction to Folk Music in the United States, 2nd ed. reprint"
          Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press
          1965, 126 p., ASIN: B0000D0DAG, LC: 62-16346

24. #vo - Nettl, Bruno. (1930-) {B}
          "An Introduction to Folk Music in the United States, 2nd ed. reprint"
          1974, 126 p.

25. #sc - Nettl, Bruno. (1930-) {A} - cover scans
          "Folk Music in the United States; an Introduction, 3rd ed."
          revised and expanded by Helen Myers, Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press
          1976, 189 p., ISBN: 0-8143-1557-7, LC: 76-000084, no UPC

26. #vp - Nettl, Bruno. (1930-)   {A} - cover scans
          "Folk and Traditional Music of the Western Continents, 3rd ed.",
          with chapters on Latin America by Gerard Behague, revised and edited by Valerie Woodring Goertzen
          Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc,
          1990, 286 p., ISBN: 0-13-323247-6, ISBN-13:978-0-13-323247-9, LC: 89-34653, UPC: 9-780133-232479

    O  

27. #bd - Okun, Milton (collected and arranged by)   {A}{C}{F} - cover scans
          "Something to Sing About!: The Personal Choices of America's Folk Singers"
          New York, NY: The Macmillan Company
          1968, 241 p., ISBN: none, LC: 68-54770, no UPC
        784.406 - Ok (.C), 782.42162 - Oku (.F)
        76 songs with piano arrangements and guitar chords chosen by the 58 Folk musicians with biography profiles

    P  

28. #fv - Pohle, Horst.   {B}
          "The Folk Record Source Book, 1st ed."
          city?: privately
          1984, 271 p., no ISBN, LC: 85-238813, UPC: ?
          (album titles, catalog number and date of issue, if known, for folk artists from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales)

29. #pg - Pohle, Horst.   {A}
          "Record Source Book: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, 2nd ed."
          city?: Legacy Books
          August 1987, 534 p., ISBN: 0-317-53626-5, ISBN-13: 978-0-317-53626-3, LC: ?, UPC: ?
          "(discography of ca. 10,000 LP & EP records by ca. 2500 groups / musicians 1950s to 1987; a few audiotapes where no vinyl discs available)" - quote from Wikipedia
          [my copy includes a 4 page flyer the same size as the book: "WANT LIST (records or cassettes)", Horst Pohle, ..., Berlin, West Germany]

    R  

30. #ex - Ritchie, Jean.   {A}{C} - cover scans
          "Jean Ritchie's Dulcimer People",
          New York, NY: Oak Publications / London, U.K.: Music Sales Limited
          1975, 128 p., ISBN: 0-8256-0142-8, ISBN-13: 978-0-8256-0142-2, LC: 73-77716, no UPC
        787.9 - R999j (.C)

    S  

31. #vx - Stambler, Irwin, & Grelun Landon.   {A} - cover scans
          "The Encyclopedia of Folk, Country & Western Music, 1st ed.",
          New York, NY: St. Martin's Press
          1969, 396 p., ISBN: 0-312-24818-0, ISBN-13: 978-0-312-24818-5, LC: 67-10659, no UPC

32. #bn - Stambler, Irwin, & Grelun Landon.   {A}{C}{E}{I} - cover scans
          "The Encyclopedia of Folk, Country & Western Music, 2nd ed.",
          New York, NY: St. Martin's Press
          1983, 902 p., ISBN: 0-312-24818-0, ISBN-13: 978-0-312-24818-5, LC: 82-5702, no UPC
        R - 780.92 - S783ef (.C), R - 782.420922 - Sta (.F)
        R - 784.03 - St2en (.E), R - ML 102 - .F66 - S7 (.I)

33. #iy - Stambler & Stambler.   {A} - cover scans
          "Folk and Blues: The Encyclopedia, 3rd ed.",
          New York, NY: St. Martin's Press
          2001, 793 p., ISBN: 0-312-20057-9, ISBN-13: 978-0-312-20057-2, LC: ?, UPC: 9-780312-200572
          1st ed. - 1969 - The Encyclopedia of Folk, Country & Western Music
          2nd ed. - 1983 - The Encyclopedia of Folk, Country & Western Music
          Irwin Stambler & Lyndon Stambler

    W  

34. #fq 1998, Walters & Mansfield. "MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide" & {A}{NC}

35. #4bf - Wilburn, Gene   {A} - cover scans
          "Northern Journey: A Guide to Canadian Folk Music on CD"
          Foreword: Gary Cristall, Teeswater, Ontario, Canada: Reference Press
          1995, 336 p., ISBN: 0-919981-45-3, ISBN-13: 978-0-919981-45-4, LC: 95-220620, no UPC:
    Note: on CD appears on the book cover but not on the title page.
    - Index for "Northern Journey" and Northern Journey 2"

36. #4bg - Wilburn, Gene   {A} - cover scans
          "Northern Journey 2: A Guide to Canadian Folk Music on CD"
          Teeswater, Ontario, Canada: Reference Press
          1998, 357 p., ISBN: 0-919981-64-X, ISBN-13: 978-0-919981-64-5, LC: 99-195880, UPC: 9-780919-981645
    - Index for "Northern Journey" and Northern Journey 2"

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