So, here’s a little video for all you lovers of Folk Music, especially that of the Hippie era of the late 1960’s and Early 1970’s. In this Movie, we have coverage of the Philadelphia Folk Festival in 1970. Featuring music from Fairport convention and more. Hope you Enjoy!

The Philadelphia Folk festival 1970

The Songs;

1. John Hartford – Skippin in the Mississippi Dew
2. Patrick Sky – Jimmy Clay
3. Oscar Brand – Children’s Music Workshop
4. Annie Byrne – The Patriot Game
5. John Roberts & Tony Barrard – I’m an Old Cow Puncher
6. Folk Dancing Workshops
7. Jean Redpath – My Bonnie Cuckoo
8. Dave Van Ronk – Swinging on a Star
9. The Beers Family – Fiddlers Green
10. Bruce “Utah” Phillips – The Golden Voice of the Great South-West
11. Rosalie Sorrels – I Wish I Could Be the Rain
12. Tony Hughes – Little Blue Top
13. John Jackson – Rattlesnakin Daddy
14. Fairport Convention sets the Festival to Dancing
15. Sara Grey – Faretheewell Juliana
16. Pat & Victoria Garvey – Today is the First Day of the rest of My Life
17. Jamie Brockett – Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues
18. Dave Cooper – Haul Away Joe/ Reels & Jigs
19. Hedy West – Two Songs from the 1930’s
20. David Bromberg & his Fabulous Torpedoes – Sitting On Top of The World
21. Doc & Merle Watson – Brown Ferry Blues
22. Michale Cooney – Garbage
23. Kat E McGarrigle & Roma Baran – Circle Comes Around
24. Allan Fraser & Daisy DeBolt – Gypsy Solitaire
25. Mississippi Fred McDowell – Blues
26. Hedge and Donna capers – Singing in the Sewer
27. John Denver – Sail Away Home
28. John Hartford – Gentle on my Mind
29. Anne Byrne – Crooked Jack
30. The Beers Family – Three Swallows
31. Patrick Sky – She’s a Woman Now
32. Michale Cooney – I Love Cindy
33. Doc & Merle Watson – Lost John
34. John Denver – Wooden Indian
35. Rosalie Sorrels with David Bromberg – Rock, salt and nails
36. Dave Van Ronk – Random Canyon

Philadelphia Folk Festival

The Philadelphia Folk Festival is held annually at Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia. It First started in 1962  at Wilson Farm near Paoli, Pennsylvania. It featured popular artists of the time including Reverend Gary Davis, Bonnie Dobson, and Pete Seeger.

The festival provides a plethora of different types of Folk music such as World/Fusion, Celtic, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Rock, Country, Klezmer, Blues, Bluegrass, Hip/Hop, Spoken Word, Storytelling, and Dance. The festival usually attracts around 35,000 population with around 7,000 campers. It goes on over 4 nights and 3 days and is the longest running Folk Festival in America.

Over the years, the festival has become a platform for artists to share their talents and connect with like-minded individuals, contributing to the Folk Revival movement of the 1960s. The festival laid the foundation for Philadelphia as a centre for folk music culture.

Over the duration of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Philadelphia Folk Song Society raised over $200k to help artists who had been cancelled due to the lockdowns. The Festival is run by the Folk Song society who work at it all year round. However, the staff are almost wholly volunteers. They make a great effort.

What Did You Think?

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