The Village Voice, November 10th, 2004
R. Crumb, Joyce Carol Oates, et al., get behind the music
THE ROSE&THE BRIAR Edited by Scan Wilentz and Greil Marcus Norton, 406 pp., $26.95
As hard as it might be to create a poignant folk song that stands the test of time, ifs also pretty taunting to figure out the best way to suitably interpret these semi-fictional and fictional tunes. When Sean Wilentz and Greil Marcus gathered 22 writersto document the stories behind legendary 20th-century ballads, all of them confronted thisdilemma, coming up with no consensus but finding an assortment of strategies, from R. Crumb illustrations (fo...
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