Title: Folk city
Description: From Washington Square Park and the Gaslight Café to WNYC Radio and Folkways Records, New York City's cultural, artistic, and commercial assets helped to shape a distinctively urban breeding ground for the folk music revival of the 1950s and 60s. Folk city explores New York's central role in fueling the nationwide craze for folk music in postwar America.
Subjects: Folk music, History and criticism, Popular music, History, Folk music, history and criticism, Music, american, MUSIC / History & Criticism
Places: United States, New York (State), New York (N.Y.), New York
Time periods: 1951-, 1951-1960, 20th century, 1961-1970