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Betsy Siggins Inducted into the Hall Of Fame

May 22, 2024 Brian Quinn

In 2019, the Boch Center in Boston launched the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FARHOF), Boston’s newest cultural and educational initiative. It celebrates the lifeblood of America’s musical and cultural heritage. Led by legendary musicians and music executives including Keb … [Read more...]

Betsy Siggins, Folk New England Collection Folk

Dayle Stanley, 1939-2021

January 25, 2021 Brian Quinn

Dayle Stanley with Betsy Siggins

A REMEMBRANCE By Tom Curren Dayle Stanley was one of the key performers in the Boston-Cambridge Folk Revival and was among the first women in folk music circles to become a singer-songwriter.  She was an enormously gifted artist, popular throughout the East Coast, and her … [Read more...]

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An Update From Folk New England

January 20, 2021 Brian Quinn

Betsy and Tom at UMass

Folk New England, Winter 2021 In the winter, warmth stands for all virtue.   Henry Thoreau We hope that your holidays were enjoyable, that you are warm, well-supplied, and safe, and that we can join in with the old blues singer who sang "I seen better days, but I'm puttin' … [Read more...]

Uncategorized Acoustic Music, Folk, Folk Music Coffee House, Folk New England Collection

Keep The Folk Lamps Trimmed And Burning

July 24, 2020 Brian Quinn

Betsy and Tom at UMass

Dear Friend,   We hope that this letter finds you well and sheltering comfortably. The course that events that have taken since early this March has shaken all of our routines and expectations. There isn’t an aspect of our national lives that hasn’t had its weaknesses … [Read more...]

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Can you help Folk New England?

December 17, 2019 Brian Quinn

Dear Friend; Sixty years or so ago, our lives were transformed by a combination of youth, enthusiasm, and music that can to be known as the Folk Revival.  Here at Folk New England, a community of volunteers and supporters see to it that our musical inheritance is collected, … [Read more...]

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