03 / BEYOND THE SONG
THE CONTEXT.
Where does a song come from?
Enter the songs through tradition, streets and history. Four original essays offer listening paths and leave room for your own discoveries.

01 / Folk & blues traditions
A song begins in many voices
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02 / Greenwich Village & civil rights
A street-corner song enters history
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03 / Going electric
Turn it up. Move the boundary.
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04 / Literature & cultural memory