"Here is the kind of book I wish Edith Fowke had written. . . . We get to follow [Ives] on his journeys, meet his informants, share his wonderful moments and failures." —Lorne Brown, The Canadian Folk Music Bulletin 34.1/2 (2000)
"Ives doesn't know how to write a dull sentence." —George Elliott Clarke, Halifax Sunday Herald (27 February 2000)
Based on his journals, field recordings (fourteen of which are included on an accompanying CD), and a prodigious memory, Dr. Ives, master storyteller, has reconstructed his visits to Prince Edward Island as a folklorist. Drive Dull Care Away is not only a collection of folksongs from Canada's smallest province, but also an account of the people he met and the adventures he had along the way. Part social history, part memoir, and always a delight to read, the book takes us on a journey through a traditional culture on the cusp of dramatic change.
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Institute of Island Studies