Studs Terkel, Muddy Watters, Bill Monroe all have graced the stage during more than six decades of the University of Chicago's Folk Festival organized by its Folklore Society.
It s High Tide for Sea Chanteys: UK s Revell Carr Explains TikTok Popularity of 19th Century Work Songs uky.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from uky.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Marty Morrissey
Marty Morrissey, one of Vermont s best-known folk musicians, died peacefully from metastatic melanoma in the early morning hours of March 30, 2021, accompanied by a roaring northwest wind and with a nearly full spring moon lighting up the sky. He leaves behind hundreds of heartbroken friends, bandmates and fans whose lives have been enriched by knowing this kind and amazing renaissance man.
Martin John Morrissey III was born in May 1938 in Essex, Mass., a small town on Cape Ann that Marty insisted was the place where fried clams were invented (at Woodmans of Essex, to be exact). His father was an Irish tenor, and his mother and aunt both played the piano. His aunt s wild rendition of Kitten on the Keys made a lasting impression on him, and Marty remembered singing and dancing on tabletops as a young boy. He was, as they say, a born performer.