{"product_id":"electric-eden","title":"Electric Eden","description":"Rob Young''s Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain''s Visionary Music is a seminal book on British music and cultural heritage, that spans the visionary classical and folk tradition from the nineteenth-century to the present day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A thoroughly enjoyable read and likely to remain the best-written overview for a long time.''\u003cbr\u003eGUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A perfectly timed, perfectly pitched alternative history of English folk music . . . wide-ranging, insightful, authoritative, thoroughly entertaining.''\u003cbr\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A stunning achievement.''\u003cbr\u003eSIMON REYNOLDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A masterpiece.'' CAUGHT BY THE RIVER\u003cbr\u003e''Excellent . . . blissfully quotable.'' NEW YORK TIMES\u003cbr\u003e''An authoritative account.'' THE TIMES\u003cbr\u003e''Consistently absorbing.'' INDEPENDENT\u003cbr\u003e''An impassioned and infectious rallying cry of a book.'' SUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this groundbreaking survey of more than a century of music making in the British Isles, Rob Young investigates how the idea of folk has been handed down and transformed by successive generations - song collectors, composers, Marxist revivalists, folk-rockers, psychedelic voyagers, free festival-goers, experimental pop stars and electronic innovators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a sweeping panorama of Albion''s soundscape that takes in the pioneer spirit of Cecil Sharp; the pastoral classicism of Ralph Vaughan Williams and Peter Warlock; the industrial folk revival of Ewan MacColl and A. L. Lloyd; the folk-rock of Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake, Shirley Collins, John Martyn and Pentangle; the bucolic psychedelia of The Incredible String Band, The Beatles and Pink Floyd; the acid folk of Comus, Forest, Mr Fox and Trees; The Wicker Man and occult folklore; the early Glastonbury and Stonehenge festivals; and the visionary pop of Kate Bush, Julian Cope and Talk Talk, Electric Eden maps out a native British musical voice that reflects the complex relationships between town and country, progress and nostalgia, radicalism and conservatism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn attempt to isolate the ''Britishness'' of British music - a wild combination of pagan echoes, spiritual quest, imaginative time-travel, pastoral innocence and electrified creativity - Electric Eden will be treasured by anyone interested in the tangled story of Britain''s folk music and Arcadian dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A treat.'' TIME OUT\u003cbr\u003e''Young is a fine writer.'' MOJO\u003cbr\u003e''Young''s immense narrative is both educative and gripping.'' UNCUT\u003cbr\u003e''A multitudinous, fascinating and beautifully written account.'' TLS","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57369532465487,"sku":"9780571237531","price":27.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9780571237531_1-electric-eden.jpg?v=1775024086","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/electric-eden","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}