Scene: Folk Music in Greenwich Village, Early 1960s
By Holly George-Warren, eMusic Contributor
From hootenannies in Washington Square Park to coffeehouses and nightspots dotting Bleecker and MacDougal streets, New York City's Greenwich Village was a hotbed of folk music in the early 1960s. This quaint section of lower Manhattan had already welcomed waves of nonconformists, from anarchists and communists in the early 20th century to Beats and artists in the late '40s and '50s. Music played an important role - jazz clubs and coffeehouses featured poetry readings, and… more »