Go Back and Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo

For the first time, this groundbreaking songbook collaboration by music writer Kristina R. Gaddy and Grammy Award...
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Go Back and Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo by Gaddy, Kristina R.

Go Back and Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo

$45.84

Go Back and Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo

$45.84
Author: Kristina R. Gaddy
Format: Paperback
Language: English
For the first time, this groundbreaking songbook collaboration by music writer Kristina R. Gaddy and Grammy Award winner Rhiannon Giddens makes nineteen examples of early Black Atlantic music accessible and playable for today's musicians, music enthusiasts, and historians. Presenting music from 1687 through the 1860s in modern treble clef and banjo tablature, along with the rich stories behind each song, Gaddy and Giddens take readers on a journey from the Caribbean across the Americas.

Immensely readable for amateurs and professionals alike, Go Back and Fetch It explains the significance of early Black Atlantic music and how the patterns of tunings, melodic lines, and lyrics shed light on the impact that Black American music has had on nineteenth-century popular music, early country, old time, and bluegrass. Each tune pairs with an engaging essay on its historical background and how the tune transformed over time, as well as information about the collector. Deeply researched and carefully approached, this essential source restores the roots of Black music to the musical canon.

Author: Kristina R. Gaddy,Rhiannon Giddens
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 09/16/2025
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 10.83h x 8.49w x 0.37d
ISBN: 9781469690575


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/25/2025 pg. 1

About the Author
Kristina R. Gaddy is the author of Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History, among other books of nonfiction.

Rhiannon Giddens is a Grammy Award-winning singer, instrumentalist, and composer, a MacArthur recipient, and a Pulitzer Prize winner.

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