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Folk Music

Links on the chain Broadside published songs by writers who wanted to change the world -- including a young Bob Dylan. A five-CD set marches through the great folk mag's past.
By Ira Robbins [09/19/00]

Sharps & Flats Woody Guthrie's "Dust Bowl Ballads" drew the road map for Bob Dylan and Ramblin' Jack. A reissue recaptures the parched glory.
By David Hill [07/27/00]

Nick Drake's post-posthumous fame The English folkie left behind three perfect records when he died of an overdose in 1974. It took a recent Volkswagen commercial for them to find an audience.
By Douglas Wolk [06/19/00]

Uncertain, unfair and bloodthirsty Mystic and record collector Harry Smith knew life was cruel, yet his folk "Anthology" promised a way to "see America changed by music."
By Andy Battaglia and Rennie Sparks [06/14/00]

Sharps & Flats English folkie David Gray is a star in the U.K. Can some electronic blips and an endorsement from Dave Matthews win him an audience in the States?
By Joe Heim [03/29/00]

Sharps & Flats Zen cowboy Jimmie Dale Gilmore expresses the beauty of sadness and the perfection of sorrow.
By David Cantwell [03/08/00]

Sharps & Flats "Guarapero: Lost Blues 2" collects Will Oldham's stream-of-consciousness rants and odd tales of sexual dysfunction.
By Seth Mnookin [02/24/00]

Sharps & Flats Forget the solipsistic neurotica of Fiona Apple. On "To the Teeth" righteous babe Ani DiFranco feels the funk and represents Buffalo, N.Y.
By Michelle Goldberg [11/16/99]

Hot licks Guitarist and "All Things Considered" commentator Adrian Legg tells funny stories, but his guitar playing is no laughing matter.
By Seth Mnookin [10/27/99]

Sharps & flats Mimi Fariña was tempting jailbait. Her husband, Richard, fought alongside Castro, sold guns and called Thomas Pynchon a pal.
By David Bowman [10/12/99]

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