The 25th annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival opens Wednesday and runs through Sunday with live music at several venues, panel discussions, a jam session fundraiser for the Huntington’s Disease Society of Oklahoma and more.
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Swing Du Jour & Howie Bujese at 7:00pm tomorrow, May 25 and on Thursday, May 26 catch vocalist Nicole Pasternak and sax man Ralph Lalama at La Zingara #Bethel #Jazz
Brooklyn born and raised, Richie Havens (1941-2013) began hanging out in Greenwich Village in 1959, as a street portrait artist and sometime busker. By 1961, he was a familiar face in the folk clubs, playing alongside Dave Van Ronk, Fred Neil, Dylan and Dino Valenti. Despite this folkie pedigree, a tour with Nina Simone taught him the power of song interpretation, a lesson he never forgot. His unforgettable, partly impromptu opening set at Woodstock in 1969 brought him fame and there was no looking back after that. PKM’s John Kruth interviewed Havens over a long period of time and pulls together this remembrance of a much-loved man and his musical legacy.