Sound Recording in Post-War British Folk: Ideology, Discourse and Practice

Recording technologies shaped the sound and meaning of 20th—century folk music in Britain, constructing a sonic aesthetics of authenticity in an era of rapid technological and social transformation.

The folk revival that changed the sound of 20th century British popular music was sustained by a varied and innovative recording culture. For many listeners, the sound of folk on record presented a 'real' sound in an age of studio artifice, asserting the value of face—to—face performance over tec...