Building on his 2006 book, Which Side Are You On? , Dick Weissman\'s A New History of American and Canadian Folk Music presents a provocative discussion of the history, evolution, and current status of Folk Music in the United States and Canada.
When it was replaced by various forms of rock music, it became a more specialized musical niche, fragmenting into a proliferation of musical styles.
North American Folk Music achieved a high level of popular acceptance in the late 1950s.
Building on his 2006 book, Which Side Are You On? , Dick Weissman\'s A New History of American and Canadian Folk Music presents a provocative discussion of the history, evolution, and current status of Folk Music in the United States and Canada