Electric Eden
Subtitle: unearthing Britain's visionary music
By: Rob Young
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 664
ISBN-13: 9780571237524
Subjects: Folk music; History and criticism; Folk-rock music; History
Description: While ostensibly purporting to be a history of that much derided four-letter word 'folk,' Electric Eden provides a survey of the visionary, topographic and esoteric impulses that have driven the margins of British visionary folk music from Vaughan Williams and Holst to The Incredible String Band, Nick Drake and John Martyn.
Notes: "Musical/discographic timeline": p. 632-644.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 628-631) and index.