New York City folk scene

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cultural movement folk music movement music scene

The New York City folk scene was a vibrant mid-20th-century musical and cultural movement centered in places like Greenwich Village, where singers, songwriters, and activists helped popularize contemporary folk music and shape American counterculture.

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Label	Occurrences
Greenwich Village folk scene	1
New York City folk scene canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural movement ⓘ folk music movement ⓘ music scene ⓘ
associatedArtForm	poetry readings ⓘ songwriting ⓘ
associatedWith	Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ Dave Van Ronk NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ Judy Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Odetta NERFINISHED ⓘ Pete Seeger NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter, Paul and Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ Phil Ochs NERFINISHED ⓘ Richie Havens NERFINISHED ⓘ The Weavers NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Paxton NERFINISHED ⓘ
centeredIn	Greenwich Village NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic	acoustic instrumentation ⓘ coffeehouse performances ⓘ hootenannies ⓘ open mic nights ⓘ politically engaged lyrics ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalRole	center of American folk revival ⓘ hub for left-wing activism ⓘ incubator for singer-songwriters ⓘ
genre	contemporary folk music ⓘ folk music ⓘ protest music ⓘ
influenced	American popular music ⓘ folk rock ⓘ protest song tradition ⓘ singer-songwriter tradition ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ
movement	1960s counterculture ⓘ American folk music revival NERFINISHED ⓘ anti–Vietnam War movement ⓘ American civil rights movement ⓘ surface form: civil rights movement
notableVenue	Café Wha? NERFINISHED ⓘ Gerdes Folk City NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bitter End NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gaslight Cafe NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Square Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedPlace	Bleecker Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ MacDougal Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ

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Gil Robbins → workedIn → New York City folk scene ⓘ

Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack Recording → narrativeSetting → New York City folk scene ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greenwich Village folk scene