Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960S
Hosted by Richard Barone
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Music + Revolution
Richard Barone, Jesse Colin Young, Melanie and more on SummerStage at Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960S
From the beatnik riots to the summer of love, NYC’s Greenwich Village was the epicenter of a revolutionary movement in the history of American music. A new wave of writers and performers, inspired by the folk revival of the late fifties, created introspective, socially-aware, deeply personal songs that deserve to be considered as a key part of the American Songbook alongside the pop songs being written uptown. These writers – Bob Dylan, Tim Hardin, Janis Ian, Fred Neil and Phil Ochs, to name just a few – changed the “folk” repertoire from traditional songs to songs sprung from personal, contemporary experience, as well as from the headlines. This freewheeling concert, hosted by Richard Barone, who pays tribute to that exciting era on his recent album ‘Sorrows and Promises’, celebrates the lasting legacy of that pivotal decade along with an eclectic roster of artists from then and now performing songs that still resonate today.
FEATURED PERFORMERS:
Richard Barone (host/MC)
Jesse Colin Young (of The Youngbloods)
Melanie
José Feliciano
Maria Muldaur
Jenni Muldaur
Marshall Crenshaw
Jeffrey Gaines
Nellie McKay
David Amram
Happy Traum
The Kennedys
Tammy Faye Starlite
Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Stone editor)
Cindy Lee Berryhill
Steve Addabbo
Joe McGinty
Jeordie
More to be announced…
Doors open 5.00 p.m.
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Nick Childers