Folk-music power couple George and Gerry Armstrong helped launch the Old Town School and the University of Chicago Folk Festival.
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The University of Chicago Folk Festival: bluegrass fiddler Bobby Hicks, ragtime guitarist Ari Eisenger, and more
The University of Chicago Folk Festival presents bluegrass fiddler Bobby Hicks, ragtime guitarist Ari Eisenger, and more.
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University of Chicago Folk Festival
The Folklore Society presents a weekend of workshops and concerts that feature Byther Smith, Eddie C. Campbell, John Williams, the Evening Light Brothers, Frank Fairfield, and others.
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Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: Music
Music venues, festivals, series, ensembles, and more
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The People’s Guitar
The cigar-box guitar is undergoing a renaissance. In Chicago its most passionate proponent may be art teacher Diane Sutliff.
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“Chicago Folk” Collects More Great Photos by Raeburn Flerlage
A new book of Raeburn Flerlage’s photography captures the sights of the 60s folk-music revival in Chicago.