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The Old Town School of Folk Music is a Chicago teaching and performing institution that launched the careers of many notable folk music artists. Founded by Folk musicians Frank Hamilton and Win Stracke, and Dawn Greening, the School opened in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago in 1957 [1] (the original location at 333 west North Avenue has ...
Significant dates. Added to NRHP. November 8, 1984. Designated CL. September 28, 1977. Old Town is a neighborhood and historic district in Near North Side and Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois, [2][3] home to many of Chicago's older, Victorian-era buildings, including St. Michael's Church, one of seven buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire.
Folkways Records, Vanguard Records. Frank Hamilton (born August 3, 1934) is an American folk musician, collector of folk songs, and educator. He co-founded the Old Town School of Folk Music [1] in Chicago, Illinois in 1957. As a performer, he has recorded for several labels, including Folkways Records. He was a member of the folk group The ...
Winfred " Win " J. Stracke (February 20, 1908 – June 29, 1991) was an American folk musician and co-founder of the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, Illinois. Stracke was a Chicago fixture in music, theater, and television in the 1940s and was known for his booming bass voice. Nationally he was known as "Uncle Win" to viewers of his ...
Music of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois is a major center for music [1] in the midwestern United States where distinctive forms of blues (greatly responsible for the future creation of rock and roll), and house music, a genre of electronic dance music, were developed. The "Great Migration" of poor black workers from the South into the industrial ...
Years active. 1960s – 1970s. Fleming Brown (March 1, 1926 – 1984), born in Marshall, Missouri, United States, was an American banjo player and one of the early teachers at Chicago 's Old Town School of Folk Music. As an artist, Brown specialized in traditional songs of the Southern Appalachians. He was influenced by old-time banjo players ...
Old Town School of Folk musicians. People in this category are musicians who are connected to the Old Town School of Folk Music of Chicago as past or current teachers and artists, they need not live in Chicago currently.
Bau Graves speaks at the 2009 Chicago Folk & Roots Festival. James "Bau" Graves is an American musician, musicologist, and arts activist. He is the former executive director of the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. In 2005 his book on folk arts and community, Cultural Democracy: The Arts, Community, and the Public Purpose, was published.