Songcatchers
Subtitle: in search of the world's music
By: Mickey Hart with K.M. Kostyal.
Publisher: National Geographic Society; National Geographic
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Description: Music is elemental, universal, instinctive - a mysterious pulse at the very heart of the human experience. This tale is a panorama of the world's music and a vivid portrait of the pioneers who traveled far and wide to collect it. Mickey Hart, the Grateful Dead's percussionist, is also a dedicated musicologist who has recorded traditional music all over the globe. His personal quest is part of the fascinating book. Filled with historical photographs and highlighted by a time line that traces the hundred-year evolution of recording technology, Songcatchers in an informative, always engrossing odyssey of the world's musical heritage and our ongoing effort to understand, appreciate, and preserve it.