A Haven For Songs

ISBN-13: 9783754156919 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str.

Martin Wimmer

Opis

With A Haven For Songs: Connecting The Dots About Americana Music, selected works of novelist, lyricist and music critic Martin Wimmer are available in the USA for the first time.Martin Wimmer explains his personal relationship with the art of magicians such as Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff Walker, Blaze Foley, Woody Guthrie, John Prine, Bob Dylan, and Johnny Mercer. These artists, among many others mentioned in the book, are the glue that holds together time, love, history, space, and identity. Join Wimmer on a trip down musical-memory lane as he recounts his adventures at the 30A Songwriter Festival in Florida, the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas, and New York City. Finally, experience Wimmer's perspective on the Cajun music of Louisiana, Hawaiian Slack Key, the Paisley Underground scene in California, Americana in Europe, and how each of these music scenes are tied to the "Country & Folk" music we know and love today.

With A Haven For Songs: Connecting The Dots About Americana Music, selected works of music critic Martin Wimmer are available in the USA for the first time. Country, folk, songwriter, Texas music.

O autorze

Wimmer, MartinMartin Wimmer, Autor. Geboren 1968 in Mühldorf am Inn. Stationen in München, Ulm, Paris, Frankfurt. Lebt in Berlin. Engagiert in der Denkfabrik Institut Solidarische Moderne und der Kulturpolitischen Gesellschaft. Seit Jahren unterwegs als Schriftsteller, Songwriter, Kabarettist und DJ. Beschäftigt sich mit Wirtschaft, Politik, Kultur, Musik, Literatur, Nachhaltigkeit, Digitaler Transformation und vor allem: All things Texas. https://www.martinwimmer.org