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The book is a listener's guide to Upper Midwestern traditional and ethnic music, packed with photos, essays, and resources. The recordings provide samples from the Down Home Dairyland series on Wisconsin Public Radio and include interviews with traditional musicians and discussion of the patterns of musical styles in Wisconsin's musical heritage.

Drawing on decades of research, folklorists Jim Leary and Richard March have distilled a definitive presentation of Upper Midwestern traditional and ethnic music, from Ojibwa drums to Norwegian fiddles, from polka to salsa, from gospel choirs to southeast Asian rock bands. The book "Down Home Dairyland: A Listener's Guide" provides a wonderful overview of Wisconsin's musical heritage through forty essays, fifty-seven photographs, plus a rich d...