{"product_id":"rob-young-electric-eden-9780571237531","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. ''A thoroughly enjoyable read and likely to remain the best-written overview for a long time.'' GUARDIAN ''A perfectly timed, perfectly pitched alternative history of English folk music . . . wide-ranging, insightful, authoritative, thoroughly entertaining.'' NEW STATESMAN ''A stunning achievement.'' SIMON REYNOLDS ''A masterpiece.'' CAUGHT BY THE RIVER ''Excellent . . . blissfully quotable.'' NEW YORK TIMES ''An authoritative account.'' THE TIMES ''Consistently absorbing.'' INDEPENDENT ''An impassioned and infectious rallying cry of a book.'' SUNDAY TIMES In 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. In 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. An 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. ''A treat.'' TIME OUT ''Young is a fine writer.'' MOJO ''Young''s immense narrative is both educative and gripping.'' UNCUT ''A multitudinous, fascinating and beautifully written account.'' TLS","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53261655900502,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53947220754774,"sku":"9780571237531-V","price":12.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780571237531_1.jpg?v=1781217833","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/rob-young-electric-eden-9780571237531","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}