1960’s Folk Music: How the Fire Spread

Get in touch! The 1960’s were a period of massive social change and tension all over the country – all over North America in fact - because we have to include Canada, too. The conditions were just right for a whole group of passionate, inspired, and gifted young singers and songwriters to lift their voices. They came from many different American communities; Jewish immigrants, First Nations people, Americans, Canadians, African Americans, Hispanics, Caucasians, from the cities and from the heartland. All of them had a message to share with their generation, and a desire to build a better world. This episode is about a number of these artists, and the legacies they’ve left behind. Many of them are still with us today, and a few of them still create new music. Welcome to today’s episode, 1960’s Folk Music: How the Fire Spread. Artists Featured in this Episode Fred Neil Dave Van Ronk Karem Dalton Buffy Sainte-Marie Leonard Cohen Ramblin' Jack Elliott Brothers & Curry Bob Dylan Simon & Garfunkel Paul Simon Joni Mitchell