Search Results for: +Folk Music
Events in Music
- 1966-03-07 Leon Gluckman and Jeremy Taylor's folk music revue "Wait A Minim!" opens at John Golden Theater, NYC; runs for 457 performances
- 1967-04-15 Leon Gluckman and Jeremy Taylor's folk music revue "Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater, NYC, after 457 performances
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
2006-04-25 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen's 14th studio album "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions", a tribute to folk music pioneer Pete Seeger
Birthdays in Music
- 1859-11-22 Cecil Sharp, British collector of English folk music and dance, born in London, England (d. 1924)
- 1879-10-07 Joseph Bovet, Swiss composer and conductor (Fribourg folk music), born in Sâles, Switzerland (d. 1951)
- 1901-07-03 Ruth Crawford Seeger, American modernist classical and folk music composer (String Quartet, 1931; Rissolty, Rossolty), born in East Liverpool, Ohio (d. 1953)
- 1911-05-23 Boris Kremenliev, Bulgarian-American composer (The Tell-Tale Heart), educator (UCLA, 1947-78), and ethnomusicologist (Bulgarian-Macedonian Folk Music), born in Razlog, Bulgaria (d. 1988)
- 1915-11-30 (Walter) "Brownie" McGhee, American folk music and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 1996)
- 1916-03-10 Manuel "Manny" Greenhill, American folk music record producer (Folklore Productions). promoter, and artist manager (Joan Baez; Rev. Gary Davis), born in New York City (d. 1996)
Pete Seeger (1919-2014)
1919-05-03 American folk singer (The Weavers - "Goodnight Irene") and activist, helped create the modern American folk music movement, born in New York City
- 1935-05-27 Len Chandler, American folk music singer-songwriter ("Beans in Ears"), and civil rights activist, born in Summit County, Ohio (d. 2023)
- 1939-08-15 Norma Waterson, British folk music revivalist, and singer-songwriter, born in Hull, East Yorkshire, England (d. 2022)
- 1940-10-27 Anthea Joseph, British folk music promoter, and record company publicist, born in London, England (d. 1997)
- 1940-11-17 Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1984)
- 1944-12-04 Anna McGarrigle, Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1945-04-19 Michael Stewart, American folk music producer, arranger, banjo player and guitarist (We Five - "You Were On My Mind"), born in Riverside County, California (d. 2002)
- 1946-02-06 Kate McGarrigle, Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2010)
- 1961-10-31 Kate Campbell, American folk music singer-songwriter, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1970-06-11 Chris Rice, American contemporary Christian and folk music singer-songwriter ("When Did You Fall (In Love With Me)"), poet, and visual artist, born in Clinton, Maryland
- 1984-06-09 Kaleth Morales, Colombian vallenato folk music singer and songwriter ("Vivo en el Limbo" - I Live in the Limbo), born in Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia (d. 2005)
Deaths in Music
- 1924-06-23 Cecil Sharp, British collector of English folk music and dance, dies at 64
- 1951-02-10 Joseph Bovet, Swiss composer and conductor (Fribourg folk music), dies at 71
- 1953-11-18 Ruth Crawford Seeger, American modernist classical and folk music composer (String Quartet, 1931; Rissolty, Rossolty), dies at 52
- 1984-01-30 Luke Kelly, Irish folk music singer and banjo player (The Dubliners), dies at 43
- 1988-04-25 Boris Kremenliev, Bulgarian-American composer (The Tell-Tale Heart), educator (UCLA, 1947-78), and ethno-musicologist (Bulgarian-Macedonian Folk Music), dies at 76
- 1996-02-16 (Walter) "Brownie" McGhee, American folk music and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, dies at 80
- 1996-04-14 Manuel "Manny" Greenhill, American folk music record producer (Folklore Productions). promoter, and artist manager (Joan Baez; Rev. Gary Davis), dies of leukemia at 80
- 2005-08-24 Kaleth Morales, Colombian vallenato folk music singer and songwriter ("Vivo en el Limbo" - I Live in the Limbo), dies in a vehicle crash at 22
- 2010-01-18 Kate McGarrigle, Canadian folk music singer-songwriter (Kate & Anna McGarrigle - "Heartbeats Accelerating"), dies of clear-cell sarcoma at 63
Pete Seeger (1919-2014)
2014-01-27 American folk singer (The Weavers - "Goodnight Irene") and activist, helped create the modern American folk music movement, dies at 94
- 2022-01-30 Norma Waterson, British folk music revivalist, and singer-songwriter, dies at 82
- 2023-08-28 Len Chandler, American folk music singer-songwriter ("Beans in Ears"), and civil rights activist, dies at 88