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Fast Folk Musical Magazine
Fast Folk Musical Magazine
Fast Folk Musical Magazine
Editor Jack Hardy (1982 – 86)
Richard Meyer (1986 – 97)
Categories Music magazines
Folk music
Frequency
First issue February, 1982
Country United States
Language English

Fast Folk Musical Magazine (originally known as The Co-op), was a combination magazine and record album published from February 1982 to 1997. Jack Studebaker Hardy is a lyrical Singer-songwriter and Playwright based in Greenwich Village who has been influential in the North American Richard Meyer (born 1952 is an American Folk Singer-songwriter, Writer, painter, and Set designer Meyer was active in Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The magazine acted as a songwriter/performer cooperative, and was an outlet for singer-songwriters to release their first recordings. Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics

Contents

History

In the late 1970s, Jack Hardy, David Massengill, and Rod MacDonald set up the Songwriters' Exchange in New York's Greenwich Village to give writers a forum to perform for their peers. Jack Studebaker Hardy is a lyrical Singer-songwriter and Playwright based in Greenwich Village who has been influential in the North American David Massengill (born in 1951 in Bristol Tennessee) is an American folk Singer/songwriter, Guitar and Appalachian dulcimer player l Rod MacDonald (born on August 17, 1948 in Southington Connecticut) is an American folk Singer/songwriter. The Cornelia Street Cafe, in New York 's Greenwich Village, first opened its doors in July of 1977 The City of New York Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan This resulted in an album on Stash Records released in 1980. The group formed a cooperative that began organizing booking of Greenwich Village's SpeakEasy in 1981 and launched The Co-oP in February, 1982 which later was renamed Fast Folk and gained status as a non-profit organization. A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage

The organization formed at a time when the cost of recording equipment and packaging of vinyl LPs were prohibitively expensive for the independent artist. Methods and media for sound recording are varied and have undergone significant changes between the first time sound was actually recorded for later Playback Long play (LP record albums are 33⅓  Rpm vinyl Gramophone records (phonograph records generally either 10- or 12- Inches in diameter The organization managed to document document serious, non-commercial songwriting first in the form of vinyl LPs and later as CDs. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio Although many of the writers were active in the Greenwich Village scene, the magazine included artists from across the United States and some international artists. Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Some of the included writers went on to commercial success, and some became influences in newly formed musical genres such as alternative country and anti-folk. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative country is a term used to describe a number of Country music subgenres that tend to differ from mainstream or pop country music The music sub-genre known as anti-folk (or antifolk) takes the earnestness of politically charged 1960s music and subverts it into something else

Alumni who recorded first for Fast Folk include Grammy Award-winners Lyle Lovett, Suzanne Vega, Julie Gold, Tracy Chapman and Shawn Colvin, as well as John Gorka, Michelle Shocked, Suzy Bogguss, Christine Lavin, Richard Shindell and Lucy Kaplansky of Cry Cry Cry. Lyle Pearce Lovett (born November 1, 1957) is an American Singer-songwriter and Actor. Suzanne Nadine Vega (born 11 July 1959 in Santa Monica, California) is an American Songwriter and Singer Julie Gold is a New York Singer/songwriter. She is best known for Bette Midler's version of her song " From a Distance " which won the Grammy for Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American Singer-songwriter, best known for her singles " Fast Car " " Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1955) is a Grammy Award -winning American singer songwriter and Musician. John Gorka (born 1958 Edison New Jersey) is a contemporary American Folk musician In 1991 Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent Michelle Shocked (born Karen Michelle Johnston 24 February, 1962, in Dallas Texas) is a U Suzy Bogguss (born Susan Kay Bogguss, December 30, 1956) is an American Country music Singer. Christine Lavin (born January 2, 1952) is a New York City -based singer songwriter and promoter of contemporary Folk music. Richard Shindell (born 1960 Lakehurst, New Jersey) is an American folk Songwriter. Lucy Kaplansky (born 1960 is an American folk musician based in New York City. Cry Cry Cry was a folk supergroup, consisting of Richard Shindell, Lucy Kaplansky, and Dar Williams. Over 600 writers and 2000 songs were documented. (See also Category:Fast Folk artists)

Archives

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, now maintains an archive of Fast Folk which includes the master recording tapes, magazines and paper records of the organization. Folkways Records is a Record label that documents folk and world music

Fast Folk: A Community of Singers & Songwriters
Fast Folk: A Community of Singers & Songwriters cover
Compilation album by Various Artist
Released Feb 26, 2002
Recorded Feb 1982 – Feb 1, 1997
Genre Folk music
Singer-songwriter
Label Smithsonian Folkways
Professional reviews

2002 album

In February 2002, twenty years after the original publication of the magazine, Smithsonian Folkways released a two-CD compilation album of 36 tracks selected from the magazine's fifteen year history titled Fast Folk: A Community of Singers & Songwriters. A compilation album is an Album ( Music or Spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple Recording artists, often culled from a variety of Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Folkways Records is a Record label that documents folk and world music allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Harp was a print and online Magazine that provided in-depth information on current Music, mainly the Adult album alternative genre which encompasses Sing Out! is a quarterly journal of Folk music and Folk songs that has been published since May 1950 Folkways Records is a Record label that documents folk and world music

Track listing

Disc 1:

  1. "American Jerusalem" (Rod MacDonald) – 5:58
  2. "What's Wrong With the Man Upstairs" (David Massengill) – 4:38
  3. "Old Factory Town" (Gerry Devine) – 5:12
  4. "Just Need a Home (Spotlight)" (Lucy Kaplansky) – 3:38
  5. "Another Time and Place" (Dave Van Ronk) – 4:31
  6. "I Don't Know Why" (Shawn Colvin) – 3:45
  7. "Geza's Wailing Ways" (John Gorka) – 3:53
  8. "Ragman!" (David Indian) – 4:03
  9. "High Times" (Tom Intondi) – 4:36
  10. "Don't Ever Call Your Sweetheart by His Name" (Christine Lavin) – 2:21
  11. "Where Were You Last Night?" (Frank Christian) – 4:19
  12. "Introduction to Corpo Gracile" (Germana Pucci) – :28
  13. "Corpo Gracile" (Germana Pucci) – 5:13
  14. "Kilkelly, Ireland" (Laura Burns, Roger Rosen) – 5:58
  15. "Introduction to the Viking Rag" (Erik Frandsen) – 1:32
  16. "The Viking Rag" (Erik Frandsen) – 2:37
  17. "Forget-Me-Not" (Jack Hardy) – 4:20
  18. "Vacation" – 2:41

Disc 2:

  1. "Gypsy" (Suzanne Vega) – 4:16
  2. "Thirty Thousand Men" (Steve Forbert) – 4:31
  3. "Margaret" (Frank Tedesso) – 4:04
  4. "Share the Failure" (Elaine Silver) – 2:55
  5. "Bourbon as a Second Language" (Patrick John Brayer) – 3:47
  6. "King of Hearts" (Paul Kaplan) – 4:10
  7. "Heart on Ice" (Judith Zweiman) – 5:04
  8. "The Courier" (Richard Shindell) – 5:00
  9. "By Your Eyes" (Wendy Beckerman) – 3:22
  10. "Danton" (Lillie Palmer) – 4:27
  11. "Long Black Wall" (Michael Jerling) – 4:27
  12. "Railroad Bill" (Andy Breckman) – 3:32
  13. "Gravedigger" (Richard Julian) – 3:18
  14. "January Cold" (Richard Meyer) – 5:11
  15. "Disenchanted" (Eric Wood) – 4:37
  16. "Raphael" (Hugh Blumenfeld) – 3:35
  17. "Your Face" (Louise Taylor) – 3:18
  18. "Crazy Horse" (Josh Joffen & Late for Dinner) – 3:18

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