ALL RIGHT: let's say a few words about the concept of culture heroes. Culture heroes are nothing new; every civilization of which we have record has chosen one or two human figures to elevate to the ...
GREAT BARRINGTON -- One day during her time as a student at Amherst's Hampshire College, Caroline Doctorow happened upon an unexpected houseguest when she returned to her parents' home in New Rochelle ...
"Positively Fourth Street" is one of the most rapturously spiteful pop songs of the 1960s. Recorded by Bob Dylan four days after he enraged folk loyalists at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival by ...
A new book by David Hajdu describes the heyday of folk music in Greenwich Village and the relationships between stars like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Richard and Mimi Farina. NPR's Melissa Block takes ...
Mimi Farina, 56, who took part with her sister, Joan Baez, in the burgeoning folk music revival of 40 years ago and later organized concerts for the sick and imprisoned, died July 18 at her home in ...
The late folk artist and social activist Mimi Fariña’s memory and legacy live on in Bread & Roses, the organization she founded to bring music and entertainment to isolated populations. According to ...
Farina, the younger sister of folksinger Joan Baez, was a talented singer in her own right. She recorded two albums with her husband, Richard, before his death in a motorcycle accident in 1966. After ...
Mimi Fariña — who talks on tiptoes — does her part for the energy crisis each year by pulling the plug on the world of amplified, electrified, stereofied music. Turning off the “plugged-in sound” is a ...
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