This is the grave of Tom Glazer. Born in 1914 in Philadelphia, Glazer grew up in a Russian Jewish household. At least at first. But in fact, he had it really tough. His father died in the flu pandemic in 1918. His mother couldn't raise...
folk music
While I'm still technically on vacation and.
Guy Carawan, the folk singer who taught the civil rights movement "We Shall Overcome" has died at the age of 87. Carawan is a super interesting guy, someone who came.
This is super cool. Old news, but I didn't know about it and I assume most of you didn't either. Folklorist Alan Lomax spent his career documenting folk music traditions from around the world. Now thousands of the songs and interviews he recorded are ,...