[New England Folk Music Archives : early recordings from the Boston/Cambridge folk music scene, 1959-1966?].

Dylan, Bob, 1941-

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Bob Dylan was born on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. He grew up in the city of Hibbing. As a teenager, he played in various bands and with time his interest in music deepened, with a particular passion for American folk music and blues. One of his idols was the folk singer Woody Guthrie. He was also influenced by the early authors of the Beat Generation, as well as by modernist poets. Dylan moved to New York City in 1961 and began to perform in clubs and cafés in Greenwich Village. He met...

Club 47 (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

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Richmond, Fritz

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Siggins, Bob

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Baez, Joan, 1941-

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Joan Baez (b. Jan. 9, 1941) is a singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. She got her start during the 1959 Newport Folk Festival and is well known for her performance of "We Shall Overcome" at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom....

Block, Suzanne.

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Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996

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Bill Monroe (1911-1984), Anglo-American mandolin player, singer, and songwriter known as the "Father of Bluegrass", from Rosine, Ky.; and his band, the Blue Grass Boys, featuring banjo player Earl Scruggs of Flint Hill, N.C. From the description of John Edwards memorial collection, 1940s. WorldCat record id: 27189199 Pioneer bluegrass performer. Born September 13, 1911. Died September 9, 1996. Full name: William Smith Monroe. Career active 1920s-1990s. Known as the Father of...

Hammond, John (Musician)

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Roberts, Robin, 1926-2010

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Robin Roberts is a Meskwaki and a U.S. Marines veteran. From the description of Robin Roberts's collection on Meskwaki code talkers, 2004-2006. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 162111330 ...

Jones, Bob, 1883-1968

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Keith, Bill, 1939-

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Rush, Tom

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Blue Grass Boys

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Alevizos, Ted

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Charles River Valley Boys (Musical group)

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Greene, Richard, 1945-

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Von Schmidt, Eric.

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Eric von Schmidt was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1931. He has worked as a graphic artist since that time and has been engaged in numerous professions and hobbies. He has illustrated over fifty children's books and over one hundred record and book jackets. He is also a songwriter and musician. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 50, p. 208-210. From the description of Eric Von Schmidt Collection 1963. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id:...

Shahn, Jonathan

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Jackson, Clay, musician.

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Washington, Jackie

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Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Jackie Washington (1919-2009) was the grandson of a Virginia slave. The second of thirteen siblings, Washington began his musical career at age five when he started singing with The Four Washington Brothers. By the early 1930s, Washington and his brother Ormsley became a self-taught musician, learning the guitar and piano. Before serving in World War II, he worked as a porter for Canadian Pacific Railroad, which inspired his lifelong interest in trains. During this tim...

New England Folk Music Archives.

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Cahn, Rolf

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Muldaur, Geoff

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Mother Bay State Entertainers

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Mamis, Bob

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Nagy, John, musician.

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Arnoldi, Paul.

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Rooney, Jim, 1938-....

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Eda Kuhn Loeb music library

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Watson, Doc

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Doc Watson (1923- ), Anglo-American guitarist, of Deep Gap, N.C., winner of four Grammy music industry awards, and considered by many to be the foremost player of the flat-picking guitar style. From the description of John Edwards memorial collection, 1963-1965. WorldCat record id: 27190383 ...