Any CD whose two opening lines are – I wanna take you away from all this madness, I wanna take you away from all this crap – has to be a fun feast. And Malcolm McKinney’s BALANCING THE WEIGHT OF LIFE is an egg breaking romp through the kitchen of life. Now some of you […]
Read MoreIf you’d ever been to the Gaslight Café located in the basement of 116 MacDougal Street in NYC’s Greenwich Village during the 1960’s, then you probably heard some pretty famous people play there like Wavy Gravy, Phil Ochs and Robert Zimmerman. You may have also had the pleasure of hearing another great: Paul Zisholtz, a.k.a. […]
Read MoreThe amazing fact about Malcolm Mckinney isn’t the way he melds the soothing emotings of James Taylor (think Sweet Baby Jane, 1970, Warner Bros. Records) with the classic tonal qualities of Burl Ives (think the Hank Cochran tune A Little Bitty Tear that Ives covered in 1961, Decca Records). No, more than anything else it’s […]
Read MoreLast Saturday night at the Lighthouse Cafe was yet another great night! Joel Zoss played a great set and charmed the audience with tales of blues icons Leadbelly and Elizabeth Cotten, not to mention his colorful rich voice and adept playing. Von Henry & Neil Bacher – Wow! If you like jazz and […]
Read MoreThose who spend their entire lives waiting for the sunshine never learn to dance in the rain. Yet many of us go through life just searching for the sun, only to let much of life’s beauty wash by us. How sad for them, but don’t feel sorry for Reina Collins, cause the music on her […]
Read MoreThis club currently hosts three Song Circles each month. Unless otherwise noted in the GotFolk Claendar, the Song Circles are held on the frost three Saturday’s of each month, from 1pm to 4pm. If you play an acoustic instrument you are welcome to come and participate. If your only instrument is your voice come and […]
Read More Club Info SectionPerhaps not since Jean Luc-Ponte exploded onto the 70’s music scene with electric fusion violin, or maybe George Tortorelli (www.reverbnation.com/georgetortorelli) made Gainesville, Florida, home to new age music with his mid 80’s album Medicine Wind, has such a powerful and intricate musician burst upon us like Mitch Kopp (www.myspace.com/mitchkoppandthemagicpopulation). Without words, using only sound, you […]
Read MoreWhat do the golden voiced Harry Nilsson and maverick rocker Lou Reed have in common? Some would say not much. Nilsson was considered by many to be the sixth Beatle (Pete Best being the fifth Beatle who was replaced by Ringo Starr to make the final fab four), while Reed was often viewed as one […]
Read MoreHi everyone… here’s the Special Edition GotFolk.com E-Letter for June 02, 2011. Welcome to the first special edition of the GotFolk.com E-letter where we celebrate the making of history on June 4th in our folk and acoustic community. Looking back, these kind of moments are rare. For example, wouldn’t you have liked to have been […]
Read MoreThen there’s that story about the famous Miami club owner who still runs one of Florida’s most venerated music venues. Let’s call him Dan. Now back in the 1960’s, Dan was a club promoter in England, and part of his job description was to locate unknown, inexpensive opening acts for the ten and sixteen piece […]
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