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Columns

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Turns 90

Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Turns 90 on August 1, 2021

By Ross Altman, PhD

July 1, 2021/by FolkWorks

Oh, Canada!

Celebrate two iconic folk legends on Canada Day: Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell

By Chris Wilson

July 1, 2021/by Chris Wilson

Everybody Loves Saturday Night

(Except the guy who really wrote it)

By Art Podell

July 1, 2021/by Art Podell

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Articles

BOB DYLAN TURNS 80 YEARS OLD

MAY 24, 2021
FOREVER YOUNG: A BOB DYLAN MISCELLANY

By Ross Altman, PhD

Books About Music, Books by Musicians

We need to support Artists and independent bookstores

By Donald Cohen

Hankie to Mouse

By Stefani Rosenberg

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Interviews

Life Is Just Better! Ellen Harper on Her New Book “Always a Song”

Author Interview of Ellen Harper of the Folk Music Center in Claremont, California

By Susie Glaze

Cajun Music: A Reflection of a People Volume II

An Interview with its author, Ann Savoy

By Steve Hochman

A CONVERSATION WITH THE STORYTELLERS’ STORYTELLER

By Michael Garcia and FolkWorks

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Milestones

RIP: CLARK WEISSMAN

(June 12, 1934—June 17, 2021)
FOUNDER OF CTMS AND NAFMA (Folk Alliance International)

By Ross Altman, PhD

RIP: David Kaynor

(April 17, 1948 – June 1, 2021)

By Steve Shapiro

Patrick Sky

(October 2, 1943 – May 27, 2021)

Wikipedia

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Reviews

Cajun Music: A Reflection of a People Volume II

By Steve Hochman

GROWN-UP ANGER – DANIEL WOLFF

I’LL TAKE YOU TO A PLACE CALLED ITALIAN HALL

By Darryl Holter

PEGGY SEEGER: A LIFE OF MUSIC, LOVE AND POLITICS

PRETTY PEGGY-O

By Ross Altman, PhD

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