Contents -- Introduction -- The Anglo Connection -- The Impact of Recording Technology on the British Folksong Revival -- Electric Folk Music in Britain -- Ethnic Voices -- How the Fiddler Got on the Roof -- Slovenian Style in Milwaukee -- Ethnic and Popular Style in America -- The Religious Sound -- New Directions in Sacred Harp Singing -- Gospel Goes Uptown: White Gospel Music, 1945-1955 -- The Secularization of Black Gospel Music -- Pure Country -- Honky Tonk: The Music of the Southern Working Class -- Commercialization and Tradition in the Nashville Sound -- Myths and Heroes -- Charles Ives: Victorian Gentleman or American Folk Hero? -- Myths About Black Folk Music -- Blacks and Blues -- Blues and Modern Sound: Past, Present, and Future -- Black Music: Its Roots, Its Popularity, Its Commercial Prostitution -- Folk, Popular, Jazz, and Classical Elements in New Orleans -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.