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Folk Music Journalism 

It Takes a Village: Richard Barone on Writing Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s

November 14, 2022November 14, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Fred Neil, John Sebastian, Maria Muldaur, Melanie, Music + Evolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s, Phil Ochs, Richard Barone, The Bongos

A rocker captures the feel of the folk explosion in prose

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Folk 

Small Talk On MacDougal Street

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 j. poet 1 Comment 2021, 38 MacDougal, Barry McGuire, David Crosby, Delmark Records, Fred Neil, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, John Sebastian, Paul Kantner, Peter Childs, The Holy Modal Rounders, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Tim Hardin, Vince Martin

Digging on a previously unreleased session from an enigmatic Greenwich Village folk hero

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Folk Remembrance Rock 

Buzzy Linhart Is, Was and Will Always Be Music

March 2, 2020March 4, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 5 Comments Bette Midler, Bob Dylan, Buzzy Linhart, Fred Neil, Jesse Colin Young, Mark Klingman, Max Ochs, raga-rock, RIP, Serge Katzen, The Divine Miss M, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Tim Hardin, You've Got to Have Friends

Remembering Buzzy, an unsung hero of the folk-rock connection who passed away February 13 at age 76

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Glam New Wave Pop Post-Punk 

IN CONCERT: I Am Still the Greatest, Says Adam Ant

October 8, 2019October 13, 2019 Tim Sommer 3 Comments Adam and the Ants, Adam Ant, Daniel Johnston, David Bowie, Dex Romweber, Elvis Presley, Fred Neil, Friend Or Foe, Lansky Bros., Monochrome Set, Prince, theartist

As he approaches 65, the once and future Prince Charming can still command the stage like a panther

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Rock 

Dear Bruce Springsteen, Let’s Talk About Midnight Cowboy, Matthew McConaughey and Vile Sycophancy

May 1, 2019May 2, 2019 Tim Sommer 4 Comments 2016 Presidential Elections, Bruce Springsteen, Fred Neil, Western Stars

Tim Sommer’s first reaction to the Boss’s latest single “Hello Sunshine”

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