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The Old Town School of Folk Music is a Chicago teaching and performing institution that launched the careers of many notable folk music artists. Founded by Folk musicians Frank Hamilton and Win Stracke, and Dawn Greening, the School opened in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago in 1957 [1] (the original location at 333 west North Avenue has ...
Folkways Records, Vanguard Records. Frank Hamilton (born August 3, 1934) is an American folk musician, collector of folk songs, and educator. He co-founded the Old Town School of Folk Music [1] in Chicago, Illinois in 1957. As a performer, he has recorded for several labels, including Folkways Records. He was a member of the folk group The ...
Bass singer, guitar. Winfred " Win " J. Stracke (February 20, 1908 – June 29, 1991) was an American folk musician and co-founder of the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, Illinois. Stracke was a Chicago fixture in music, theater, and television in the 1940s and was known for his booming bass voice. Nationally he was known as "Uncle Win ...
On the latest lineup of newly announced concerts at the Old Town School of Folk Music: Grammy-winning musician Emmylou Harris. According to an announcement Tuesday from Old Town School, tickets go ...
Square Roots (previously called the Folk & Roots Festival) is a two- to three-day music festival that has been held each summer in the Lincoln Square neighborhood in Chicago since 1998. Organized by the Old Town School of Folk Music and the Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce, the festival features world music and dance performances from a ...
He toured worldwide, traveling to Africa, South America, the Pacific] region, and across Europe into early 1956. In 1957 Broonzy was one of the founding faculty members of the Old Town School of Folk Music. On the school's opening night, December 1, he taught a class, "The Glory of Love". [28]
A tribute concert for Jenkins is also scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 7 at 10:30 a.m. at the Old Town School's main location, which, again, is located at 4544 N. Lincoln Ave.
Wade met banjo player and singer Fleming Brown at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music in early 1972 and by the mid-‘70s, Brown passed his classes over to Wade to teach. In 1972, Wade also began accompanying Brown's teacher, Doc Hopkins , the celebrated Kentucky-born, WLS National Barn Dance performer.