{"product_id":"the-anthology-of-unamerican-folk-music","title":"The Anthology Of UnAmerican Folk Music","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"465\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"159\" data-end=\"178\"\u003eMarisa Anderson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas long explored the tangled roots of American folk music, shaping tradition into something personal and alive. Rather than revive or replicate, she treats folk forms as collaborators, drawing on decades of study while folding in techniques and vernacular styles from across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"467\" data-end=\"823\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"467\" data-end=\"517\"\u003eThe Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music, Volume 1\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etakes its cue from nearly a thousand recordings in the private archive of the late\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarry Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e. Anderson focuses on songs from regions the United States has been in conflict with since 1970 – Southeast Asia, the USSR, and Arabic and Islamic cultures – offering deeply personal versions of nine selections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"1132\"\u003eWorking through transcription, close listening and careful experimentation, Anderson reframes each piece as a dialogue between herself and the source material. Her guitar becomes a meeting point between histories, places and perspectives, reshaping inherited forms without smoothing over their complexities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1134\" data-end=\"1344\"\u003eThe result is both intimate and expansive: a record that questions the boundaries of tradition and asks who has been excluded from the idea of “American” music – and what might be recovered by listening again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1134\" data-end=\"1344\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Thrill Jockey","offers":[{"title":"LP - Green Lion vinyl","offer_id":54061631668566,"sku":"MRM-05678","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/6088\/9430\/files\/214275-marisa-anderson-the-anthology-of-unamerican-folk.png?v=1780315469","url":"https:\/\/monorailmusic.com\/products\/the-anthology-of-unamerican-folk-music","provider":"Monorail Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}