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  • Wayfaring Stranger

  • A Musical Journey in the American South
  • By: Emma John
  • Narrated by: Emma John
  • Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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Summary

Can you feel nostalgic for a life you've never known?

Suffused with her much-loved warmth and wit, Emma John's memoir follows her moving and memorable journey to master one of the hardest musical styles on earth - and to find her place in an alien world.

Emma had fallen out of love with her violin when a chance trip to the American South introduced her to bluegrass music. Classically trained, highly strung and wedded to London life, Emma was about as country as a gin martini. So why did it feel like a homecoming?

Answering that question takes Emma deep into the Appalachian mountains, where she uncovers a hidden culture that confounds every expectation - and learns some emotional truths of her own.

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©2019 Emma John (P)2019 Orion Publishing Group
Biographies & Memoirs Music United States Guitar
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An excellent musicography

As much a history of bluegrass as a revelation of Emma's travels, this was always entertaining and encouraged me to find out more about a musical genre of which I knew next to nothing.

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I felt like I was right there

Wonderful account of the author's adventure in Appalachia. As an outsider I especially appreciated her perspective. I really know much more about Bluegrass now than I ever did. Thank you Emma John.

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