{"product_id":"electric-eden-faber-pb-w2","title":"ELECTRIC EDEN [FABER] W2","description":"A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRob 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":"Young, Rob","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44318519492898,"sku":"9780571349654","price":8.75,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/young-rob-electric-eden-faber-pb-w2-9780571349654-40361083699490.jpg?v=1673900994","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/electric-eden-faber-pb-w2","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}