Pete Seeger, who wrote the introduction to
Rise Up Singing, also wrote the preface to
Rise Again a year before he died.
Billy Bragg wrote the foreword. The cover illustration is by
Mary Azarian and the banner illustrations at the beginning of each chapter are by the book's co-editor Annie Patterson. Interior chapter drawings are by Patterson, Meghan Merker (who was the main illustrator for
Sing Out! magazine for over 30 years), or by Mona Shiber.
Rise Again contains words and chords to 1200 songs. There is no overlap with the songs in
Rise Up Singing. As in
Rise Up Singing, chords are written out under the first verse, the chorus and any other section of the song (i.e. bridge). Music is included only for rounds.
Rise Again includes three indices—by recording artist, by culture and special genres, and by title. Songs are grouped into 39 chapters by song genre or subject matter. Chapters are arranged alphabetically, as are songs within chapters. While some chapters have the same titles as in
Rise Up Singing, the new songbook has a number of new song genre chapters reflecting the inclusion of more songs from genres other than
folk music. Additional chapters include
blues,
country music,
jazz, early rock & roll,
British rock,
Motown, and other US rock (including a chapter focusing on "
millennial" popular songs written since 1995). The book is available in spiral-bound and paperback versions. It is available in both and a larger format. ==See also==